From The Food of China:
Chinese recipes that call for generous amounts of oil, sugar, and chiu are usually of eastern Chinese origin. Sugar is most typically used in the solid, clear, crystalline form that has been called “rock sugar” in China for perhaps two thousand years. This form is supposed to be more healthful than other sugars; in traditional times it was purer and less subject to adulteration.
Substitution information
Suggestions for use:
Red Cooked Chicken from Chow Times
Steamed Egg Custard from Kitchen Crazy Daffy
A PINK Cranberry Punch from Kitchen Unplugged
Habeas Brulee’s Green Curry Shrimp
Pork Rib and Lotus Root Soup from …read more