Creative Ways to Cook with soy sauce – Recipes You Haven’t Tried
Shake up your routine with these unexpected yet delicious soy sauce recipes — fun, easy, and full of flavour.
Recipes with soy sauce
The soy sauce is rich and delicious, the fresh squid is crispy and bouncy, stir-fried together, the fresh flavor rises instantly. This time, a little slightly spicy bean paste sauce was added, which not only makes the taste more layered, but also highlights the freshness of fresh squid.
Shogayaki is a beloved Japanese dish featuring thin slices of pork sautéed in a fragrant ginger-infused sauce. The pork is typically marinated briefly in a mixture of soy sauce, mirin, sake, and freshly grated ginger, then quickly stir-fried until tender. This savory-sweet combination delivers a comforting flavor profile that's both robust and refreshing. Often served with steamed rice and shredded cabbage, Shōgayaki is a staple in Japanese home cooking, appreciated for its simplicity and satisfying taste.
The amount of ginger paste in this recipe is three times the usual amount, because my whole family loves ginger paste. Generally, ginger paste is served with boiled chicken, but everyone in my family mainly eats ginger paste with rice, and the amount of rice is two to three times larger than usual 😳
This dish of "Braised Pork Ribs and Potatoes" is simmered over low heat with rock sugar and a variety of sauces, giving the ribs a bright red color and tender meat. At the same time, the potatoes that are fried until slightly golden absorb the rich sauce, making them crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a rich taste. The finished dish exudes the sweet aroma of sauce and the fresh fragrance of onions and garlic, and is very delicious when eaten with rice; however, the simmering time must be properly controlled, otherwise the ribs or potatoes will lose their ideal taste due to being heated for too long.
Pork chop in ketchup is a home-cooked dish that is very popular among children. It is made with pork chop as the main ingredient and is seasoned with sweet and sour ketchup. The pork chop is marinated and fried until golden brown, then mixed with seasonings such as ketchup, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar to form a rich sauce that adds flavor to the pork chop. This dish has attractive color, rich taste, moderate sweetness and sourness, and is very delicious with rice.
Home-cooked dishes among home-cooked dishes
This aromatic braised duck dish combines the unique flavors of mellow soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil, with tender and juicy meat and slightly charred skin. Through slow cooking, the duck meat fully absorbs the aroma of ginger, garlic and onion. The sauce is rich but not greasy, with a hint of sweetness and mellow wine aroma. Every bite exudes the classic flavor of traditional three-cup cuisine, leaving you with an unforgettable aftertaste.
Teriyaki Chicken is a flavorful dish made with pan-fried chicken thighs coated in a glossy, homemade sauce that's both savory and slightly sweet. The chicken is crisp on the outside and tender inside, while the sauce—made with soy, mirin, sake, and aromatics—adds depth and umami. It's typically served with rice or a fresh salad, making it a well-balanced and satisfying meal.
This Sweet and Sour Tomato Sea Bass Fillet is a classic Hong Kong-style home dish. It uses simple ingredients but delivers outstanding flavor. The sea bass is pan-fried until the skin is lightly crispy, locking in its natural aroma. It's then paired with a tangy tomato sauce that enhances the freshness of the fish. Combined with onions and garlic, the dish offers a rich layering of flavors, making it perfect for the whole family to enjoy together.
Char siu is a Hong Kong barbecue flavor. When I was a child, I would cut the old char siu every night to add dishes. Unexpectedly, in recent years, every household has made their own char siu. The recipes vary, but it is still a hometown delicacy. This time, this dish of char siu uses pork belly, full of oil fragrance, plus char siu sauce, seafood sauce sweetness, although not as delicious as restaurants, but fresh and hot, also quite popular with children.