Try something new with salty soy sauce — easy recipes with ingredients you already have at home.
This minced fried chicken with seasoned flour features tender and juicy chicken thighs coated in crispy tapioca flour and a warming touch of turmeric and pepper. After being fried until golden, the chicken pieces are tossed with a spicy minced spice mix—a mixture of red chilies, green chilies, garlic, and onions—which is sautéed with oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and spring onions until fragrant and thickened. The result is a combination of a savory-sweet crispy exterior and tender chicken meat with a delicious aroma of spices and a mild spicy flavor.
Stir-fried Tomato and Egg is a simple yet flavorful dish that combines the softness of scrambled eggs with the freshness of ripe tomatoes. Seasonings such as soy sauce, sugar, and salt provide a balanced touch of savory sweetness. The addition of fresh spring onions adds aroma and color to this dish. With a quick and easy cooking process, this dish is suitable for a practical and delicious everyday menu.
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This Korean-style chicken features chicken pieces that are deep-fried until golden brown, then coated in a signature Korean sauce—a combination of soy sauce, mirin, garlic, sesame oil, corn syrup, sugar, and dried chili flakes—that imparts a sweet, savory, and slightly spicy flavor. The texture is tantalizing: the chicken is crispy on the outside, but the sauce layer remains slippery and rich. The aromas of garlic and sesame oil blend together beautifully, while a sprinkling of fresh scallions adds freshness and a pop of color. This dish is the perfect blend of bold Korean flavors and the familiarity of fried chicken—perfect as a special snack or a fun main course.
Steamed fish head with garlic and black soybeans displays a savory-sweet balance thanks to the combination of soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar, plus the sharp aroma of garlic wafting. The soft texture of the fish meat combines with the slightly chewy pieces of chopped black soybeans, adding an interesting dimension to each bite. The steamed presentation makes this dish light and healthy, but requires about 15 minutes of marinating and exactly 10 minutes of steaming to ensure optimal absorption of the spices and prevent overcooking the fish.
Stir-fried eggplant with minced meat is a dish where sliced eggplant is sautéed with minced beef/chicken, garlic, shallots, and chilies until fragrant. Add sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, pepper, and a little water, and cook until the eggplant is tender and the spices are absorbed. The result is a savory-spicy dish with a soft eggplant texture and rich meat flavor.
This recipe calls for savory-sweet beef rolls filled with enoki mushrooms and scallions. Thinly sliced beef is seasoned with ginger, garlic, chili powder, salt, pepper, tapioca starch, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar, then topped with lightly blanched enoki mushrooms and sliced scallions before being rolled tightly. The rolls are fried over low heat until golden brown, then topped with the remaining sauce (soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, spices, and flour) until it thickens to a glossy finish. Finally, a sprinkling of fresh sliced scallions and a dash of chili powder adds a touch of spice. The result is tender meat with a soft mushroom core and a sticky, umami-infused sauce—perfect as a party appetizer or main dish.
This “Shredded Chicken” dish combines finely shredded steamed chicken with the aroma of garlic, shallots, and ginger, then doused in hot oil to create a savory-warm touch and a soft crunchy texture on the onion pieces. The chicken is tender and the soy sauce and oyster sauce marinade is evenly absorbed, sweetened by the freshness of the cilantro. The steaming process makes this dish relatively low in fat and practical, but requires precision in steaming duration so that the chicken texture is not too soft and careful when pouring hot oil so that the onions do not burn and the spices are perfectly mixed.
Spicy Sweet and Sour Fried Fish in Batter is a signature dish that combines the crispiness of battered fried fish with a flavorful sweet and sour sauce and a delicious spicy kick. Boneless grouper is fried until golden, then drizzled with a sauce made from garlic, ginger, red and green chilies, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. The harmony of savory, sweet, sour, and spicy flavors creates a perfect taste balance, making it an ideal main dish to enjoy with warm rice.
Chili peanut noodles are noodles topped with a thick sauce made from peanut butter, chili powder, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rice vinegar, and chili garlic oil, then sprinkled with chopped garlic and scallions. The process is simple—the spices are stirred, the noodles are boiled, and then thoroughly mixed before serving—resulting in a strong, savory-spicy flavor.