Condiment
Duck Sauce Style
B tier
Duck-sauce style is the American Chinese packet: apricot or peach more than plum, very sweet, bright orange, the takeout dip. It is a cousin, not a Sichuan kitchen sauce. A packet with an egg roll. Classic plum sauce has more spice and salt.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Egg RollPacket
Traits
American ChineseApricot PeachCandyLess SpiceNot SichuanOrangeTakeout PacketVery Sweet
History
US
American Chinese restaurants packed a sweet apricot "duck sauce" for fried snacks.
Orange duck-sauce packets were the takeout default.
Duck-sauce style stayed the packet; classic plum sauce stayed the jar.