Recipes - Tested and worthy of keeping

This is an example of Vietnamese red cooking, which differs from Chinese in that it uses caramelised sugar for colour and fish sauce for flavour. Chinese red cooking uses soy sauce for both. Caramel: Heat 2 3 tablespoons sugar with 1 tablespoon water in a small, heavy saucepan, tilting saucepan so that sugar heats evenly, until it melts and ... ................
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