Plum sauce

Plum sauce
A jar of plum sauce
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinsūméijiàng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsou1 mui4 zoeng3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJsoo-muê-chiùⁿ

Plum sauce is a viscous, light-brown sweet and sour condiment. It is used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes, such as spring rolls, noodles, deep-fried chicken balls and roast duck. It is made from sweet plums or other fruit such as peach, pineapple or apricot, along with sugar, vinegar, salt, ginger and chili peppers.[1][2]

Detroit-style plum sauce is a variation of Chinese-American plum sauce found in most Chinese restaurants in the southeastern Michigan area. It is a watery, sweet, vinegar-based sauce that offers a much weaker flavor compared to traditionally prepared plum sauce.[citation needed]

Chicken in plum sauce
  1. ^ "Authentic Chinese Plum Sauce". The Daring Gourmet. 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  2. ^ "Asian Plum Sauce - Plum Sauce Recipe". The Food Blog. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2022-02-22.