Eating in China
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Chinese brown sugar

红糖Hóngtáng

Cane sugar made by concentrating sugarcane juice, with a caramel-like aroma and colours ranging into reddish brown.

Type
Sweeteners

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Cane sugar made by concentrating sugarcane juice, with a caramel-like aroma and colours ranging into reddish brown.

In the kitchen

Sweetens the warm serving of Hainan jishiteng dumplings; brown-sugar syrup is also a qingbuliang base.

Traditional forms include solid blocks and powder ground from them; the local ingredient is called hongtang.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有红糖吗?

Does this dish contain Chinese brown sugar?

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