Name: Dip for Deep-Fried Shrimp Balls
Ingredients: 1 ts Sugar; 2 ts Hoisin sauce; 1 ts Water; 1 ts Sesame oil

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Chinese	Dip	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	ts	Sugar
2	ts	Hoisin sauce
1	ts	Water
1	ts	Sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine all ingredients, blending well.
2. Serve in a dip dish.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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