Make-ahead 5-spice Cherry Gravy | Marion's Kitchen

Name: Make-ahead 5-spice Cherry Gravy | Marion's Kitchen
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 10 chicken wings, cut into smaller pieces through the joints; 1 onion, diced; 1 carrot, diced; 3 slices ginger; 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 3 whole star anise; 2 tsp Chinese 5-spice (click herefor my homemade version); ¼ cup Chinese Shaoxing cooking wine*; 2 tbsp char siu sauce; ¼ cup dark cherry jam (plum jam is also great here); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 5 cups chicken stock; 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water; sea salt