Thanks to its excellent taste and amazing versatility, soy sauce is now popular all over the world. It is used everywhere – from marinating meat to cooking unusual Asian desserts. This is a great base for salad dressings – especially when combined with lemon juice, mustard, aromatic spices and fresh herbs. You can marinate meat or chicken in it so that they are juicier, more tender and tastier. Dishes with soy sauce are baked with a beautiful golden crust. You can even make a crispy glaze from it, just by adding a little honey.
How to Use Soy Sauce?
Soy sauce is added to noodles, stewed vegetables, soups and wherever salt is needed. It is a natural flavor enhancer that has no analogues. Dark types are more saturated and concentrated, so they also give an expressive shade. Soy sauce is served with rice, rolls and sushi. Japanese, Chinese and Korean cuisine consists almost entirely of dishes with soy sauce. Other popular additives are also prepared on its basis – for example, unagi or teriyaki!
Types of Soy Sauce
There are two types of soy sauce — light and dark, which differ in the fermentation period. Dark sauce has a longer exposure, it is sharper, thicker and sharper, so it is used for marinating meat and served with sushi. Salads are seasoned with a saltier light sauce, light and pleasant to the taste, meat and fish dishes, seafood, rice, pasta and vegetable stews are watered.
It’s hard to say which soy sauce is the most delicious, because everyone has their own preferences, the most important thing is to choose a high—quality and healthy sauce. It is enough to remember a few rules — a good soy sauce is sold only in transparent glass bottles, and the product should contain the following ingredients: soybeans, wheat, salt, sugar and vinegar.
Real soy sauce is brown and at the same time transparent, there is no sediment in it, and the protein content is about 6-8%.
So imperceptibly, the exotic sauce has become one of the favorite condiments around the world, and its low calorie content has turned it into a popular dietary salad dressing instead of butter, sour cream and mayonnaise.
I want to offer you to try spicy beans in soy sauce, which can be both a side dish and an independent dish. The amount of hot pepper can be adjusted to your liking.
I’ve been making this salad for three years now. When one of the guests tries it for the first time, the same first reaction is distrust. Pineapple and potatoes?” Then… the plate is empty. And no wonder, because the combination of all the ingredients in this salad is very harmonious.
Every housewife knows that there is never too much rice! It is irreplaceable in the menu! We cook so many dishes with him! Let’s think only about the beautiful! After all, rice goes so well with pineapple! And here sweet pepper is certainly appropriate!
The trick of adding bread to the marinade was once shared with me by a friend of mine who worked as a chef for a long time. The meat marinated in this way turns out to be very tender, fragrant and juicy. And I serve it with a spicy tomato sauce, which is much tastier than store-bought starch ketchup. This sauce is very easy to prepare, and it is suitable for any meat, pasta and dumplings.
Vegetable pancakes with minced meat are a very simple dish. They are more nutritious, tasty and high-calorie than just vegetables, so they can be safely served not only for breakfast, but also for lunch and even for dinner.
What I love about meatloaf is the speed of cooking and its versatility. Hot as a main course, cold on a sandwich – it’s delicious in all kinds! And every time you add new ingredients, you can get a new dish.
I don’t really like ordinary pancakes in the oven, but I make egg pancakes often and use them often in soup, salads, and rolls. There are several variants of this salad on the website, but perhaps this is the option that someone will like the most.
Another burger in the site’s piggy bank, with my favorite combination of meat, pineapple and cheese, turned out to be just super juicy. And no additional ingredients. Try to cook and surprise your guests.
A delicious and hearty snack is waiting for kebabs. A good option for those who do not eat meat and like it sharper. Shrimp can be cooked both outdoors and at home on a grill pan. This is done in a matter of seconds, and at the picnic it will only be necessary to assemble a burger. In addition, this filling option is perfect for wrapping it in pita bread.
