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
Kimchi Fried Chicken Rice Cake is a bold, savoury dish that pairs juicy chicken with satisfyingly chewy rice cakes, lifted by tangy kimchi and a punchy gochujang-based sauce. Garlic, mushroom, green chilli, and spring onion bring fragrance and bite, while cucumber adds a crisp, refreshing contrast to the rich, spicy-sweet glaze.
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.
A golden, glossy Hong Kong classic! Tender chicken is infused with the rich aroma of soy sauce, delivering a perfect balance of sweet and savory in every bite. Simple to make yet irresistibly flavourful — a timeless comfort dish that brings authentic Hong Kong taste straight to your table.
A vibrant fish dish featuring red snapper served with a punchy, aromatic fermented chilli sauce, layered with minced garlic, ginger, and chopped green onions. The sauce is seasoned with soy sauce and rice wine, then lightly thickened for a glossy finish that coats the fish beautifully—bold, savoury, and deeply satisfying.
Braised Fish Maw with Mushrooms. The sauce is thick but not greasy, coating the ingredients perfectly. The tenderness of the fish maw, the chewiness of the mushrooms, and the umami of the sauce layer upon layer, creating a rich yet harmonious flavor profile. This is a classic example of the "perfect balance" in Cantonese braised dishes. Cantonese elegance, banquet-quality, texture, soft and elastic fish maw, juicy and fragrant mushrooms, health benefits, nourishing yin and beautifying the skin, strengthening the spleen and boosting immunity, rich in collagen, Cantonese tonic.
Sea snails are cleaned and quickly blanched, then cooked in a fragrant, spicy clay-pot sauce built from ginger, garlic, onion, dried chillies, spicy bean paste and Chu Hou paste. Soy sauce and oyster sauce bring a deep savoury backbone, while white pepper adds a gentle kick. The finish is all about aroma: Huatiao wine, rice wine, and a final splash of rose wine create a bold, warming, restaurant-style seafood dish with a rich, glossy sauce—topped with fresh red chilli and green onion for a bright lift.
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.
Ground Pot Fish is a comforting pot of sea bass layered with assorted mushrooms and tofu, finished in a fragrant base of garlic, ginger, diced tomato, star anise, and spicy bean paste. Hua tiao wine, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce bring a deep, savory aroma, while green onions, white pepper, and salt keep the flavors clean and balanced. A cozy, shareable dish that’s rich, warming, and full of umami.
Spicy Numbing Prawn turns flattened, corn-starch–coated prawns into delicate, bouncy “prawn chips,” briefly cooked then chilled for extra snap. They’re finished with a punchy jiao-ma style dressing—garlic, ginger, spring onions, red chillies, and ground Sichuan pepper bloomed with hot oil, then rounded out with soy sauce, oyster sauce, Sichuan pepper oil, and a touch of sugar—topped with sesame and coriander.
Silky steamed egg set into a soft savoury custard, with Japanese tofu adding an extra-gentle bite. Juicy shrimp on top makes it feel a bit more special, while a warm drizzle of soy sauce mixed with hot oil, chopped red pepper, and green onion brings a punchy, aromatic finish. Serve it with rice for an easy, comforting meal.