Sugar caramelizing (chao tang se)

炒糖色chao tang se

Melt sugar into amber caramel to color and flavor braises.

Brief reference for now — not yet in the full step-by-step lesson format.

Melted sugar swirled to an amber caramel stage in a small wok.

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Before you start

Recipes using this method often take about 3 minutes — treat that as a rough reference; amounts and equipment set the real time.

Amber red-brown, thin smoke, bitter edge just appearing.