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sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides sweetness with fewer calories.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: liquid aminos

Tamari is gluten-free while maintaining flavor.

rice vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar adds a fruity note.

citrus peel

🥗Healthier: lemon zest

💰Cheaper: orange zest

Orange zest is more commonly available.

soak black beans with 1500ml water for 6 hours

add cane sugar, iron egg and soy sauce and bring it to a boil

skim the scum

put a drop lid and a lid, simmer on a very low heat for 4 hours

chill it, take the iron egg out, sprinkle some gold leaves on top

Enjoy!

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