Eating in China
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Rock sugar

冰糖Bīngtáng

Candy-like sugar crystals ranging from white to amber.

Type
Sauces and seasonings

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Candy-like sugar crystals ranging from white to amber.

In the kitchen

Seasons Mao-style pork and rock-sugar lotus-seed soup.

Crystals and brown wafers are distinct forms.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有冰糖吗?

Does this dish contain Rock sugar?

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