Kecap Manis
Kecap Manis (pronounced KEH-chup mah-NEESE) is an ubiquitous ingredient in Indonesian, Malaysian, and Singaporean cooking. It's a sweet, thick soy sauce with a pronounced sweet flavor. Try it as a dipping sauce or to flavor marinades or fried rice.
Total Steps
5
Ingredients
5
Tools Needed
4
Ingredients
- 1 cup <a href="/GHZ654L7">brown sugar</a>
- 1 cup <a href="/QPLKWBRF">soy sauce</a>
- 0.5 cup <a href="/PXTR53Z5">water</a>
- 2 slice <a href="/WDG2ZZXF">galangal </a>root, sliced in discs
- 1 whole <a href="/JNDVC2C3">star anise</a>
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/XZFHRHHF">Heat </a>sugar in a small saucepan over a medium-high <a href="/3J4YNDT6">flame.</a> <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">Stir </a>until the sugar begins to clump together and then <a href="/64W3NS5R">melt.</a> Continue <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stirring </a>until the sugar is completely <a href="/64W3NS5R">melted,</a> but do not allow it to burn.
Step 2
Remove from <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat </a>and allow to <a href="/GZFHJC5K">cool </a>slightly.
Step 3
Carefully and slowly <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>in rest of the ingredients.
Step 4
Return the saucepan to medium <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat,</a> bring it to a boil and <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>to <a href="/PXKXVQTM">dissolve </a>the sugar and reduce the liquid to a syrupy consistency.
Step 5
<a href="/KXN5X3J8">Strain,</a> <a href="/GZFHJC5K">cool </a>and <a href="/36R8LV5G">store </a><a href="/ZSSVQ6FG">refrigerated.</a>