Sweeteners · block

Chinese brown slab sugar

Also called peen tong, slab sugar, brown candy

Layered slabs of unrefined Chinese brown cane sugar with a caramel, molasses taste; used in Cantonese sweet soups, ginger tea and braises, broken into pieces and melted.

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What can replace it

  • T2 · GoodDark brown sugar

    Less layered, dissolves faster; slightly more molasses.

  • T2 · GoodJaggery

    Close caramel depth, a little more mineral.

  • T2 · GoodMuscovado sugar

    Moister, with a stronger molasses note.

  • T3 · In a pinchYellow rock sugar

    Clean sweetness without the brown-sugar caramel.

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