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Ketjap Manis
[KEH-chuhp MAH-nees] An Indonesian sauce similar to a sweet
soy sauce flavored with garlic and/or star anise. Kecap manis is sweetened
with palm sugar and is used as a condiment.
This recipe is by Heidi Haughy Cusik as it appeared in the The San Francisco
Chronicle, 7/1/92.
I N G R E D I E N T S
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup
soy
sauce or
Tamari
2 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon sliced
lemon grass
1 clove garlic, minced
1
star anise
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N S T R U C T I O N S
Caramelize 3/4 cup sugar in
a heavy pot.
Gradually stir in the rest of the ingredients. Bring
to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 10
minutes.
Cool and strain through cheesecloth.
Makes about 1 1/4 cups. Stores indefinitely in
the refrigerator. |
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