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Siu haau (pinyin: shāokǎo) sauce is the primary barbecue sauce used in Cantonese cuisine. It generally contains garlic, honey, palm sugar, five-spice powder, and pepper.[1]
Siu haau sauce | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 燒烤醬 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 烧烤酱 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | barbecue sauce | ||||||||||
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Siu haau is used during the barbecue-cooking process as opposed to a flavoring sauce after the food is made. It is not used for siu mei rotisserie-style cooking; dishes such as char siu each have their own sauce.[citation needed]
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edit- ^ Allen, Gary (8 February 2019). Sauces Reconsidered. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 156. ISBN 9781538115145. Retrieved 4 March 2023.