duck sauce
noun
: a thick sauce in Chinese cuisine that contains fruits (such as plums or apricots), vinegar, sweeteners, and seasonings
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Guests can enjoy dinner at 1638 Restaurant & Wine Bar, a poetic 11-course tasting highlighting Douro wines and signature dishes, like oyster with duck sauce and beef sirloin with seaweed pesto.
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Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The Big Cheese Hawaiian specialty pizza: sweet duck sauce, topped with mozzarella, pineapple, canadian bacon, and coconut shavings.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Glenn Hirsch was accused of murdering Yan in a months-long feud with Great Wall Restaurant in Forest Hills over whether enough duck sauce was included with his delivery orders.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
Rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic add a bite that balances beautifully with sweet chili, plum, or duck sauce.
—Su-Jit Lin, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
The alleged attacks began in November after Hirsch asked for extra duck sauce with his order — a request restaurant staff honored at the time, according to the charges.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 June 2022
Mayor Adams has no beef with the NYPD’s month-long wait to make an arrest in the cold-blooded slaying of a hard-working Chinese food delivery man that stemmed from a dispute about duck sauce.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
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Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The Big Cheese Hawaiian specialty pizza: sweet duck sauce, topped with mozzarella, pineapple, canadian bacon, and coconut shavings.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Glenn Hirsch was accused of murdering Yan in a months-long feud with Great Wall Restaurant in Forest Hills over whether enough duck sauce was included with his delivery orders.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
Rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic add a bite that balances beautifully with sweet chili, plum, or duck sauce.
—Su-Jit Lin, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
The alleged attacks began in November after Hirsch asked for extra duck sauce with his order — a request restaurant staff honored at the time, according to the charges.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 June 2022
Mayor Adams has no beef with the NYPD’s month-long wait to make an arrest in the cold-blooded slaying of a hard-working Chinese food delivery man that stemmed from a dispute about duck sauce.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
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“Duck sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duck%20sauce. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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