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.
Many years ago, in a cafe on the beach, I tried this dish. I figured out the composition. And now I often cook it. This is one of our favorite dishes. Simple in execution and very tasty. Instead of the traditional chicken and mushrooms, I used……. Welcome, welcome.
One of the most popular salads in Chinese cafes in China and on the border with it. Our restaurants also prepare this. Very satisfying at the expense of peanuts.
I offer you a salad from the “easy” series, cooking will not take much time, and the result will not disappoint, and the set of products is more than modest.
Most housewives probably already have a favorite recipe for squid salad. But who said he should be alone? Squid is a delicate and delicious product, you can cook anything from them. Today I have prepared a delicious salad with squid, which will please the family and impress the guests.
Mussels in soy sauce and balsamic, with onion and parsley and pasta of hard varieties. In summer, sometimes you want to eat something more satisfying and at the same time not very high in calories. I love mussels – a great product and healthy.
According to this recipe, bake the fish in a fragrant mushroom sauce! Imagine the taste of dried porcini mushrooms! And the spicy taste of chili pepper and soy sauce!
I’m sure many people have seen baked mussels in sushi bars. The price is quite high, but you can cook the same mussels at home. It turns out no worse than in a restaurant, and several times cheaper. The taste is very delicate and very tasty.
I think the recipe will appeal to all fans of mussels))) you can eat it as a warm salad, or you can cool it down… The dish is prepared very quickly. Try to cook and call your friends in the evening.
Not to be confused with calorie content! When sprouting beans, the content of vitamins increases tenfold, and the amount of carbohydrates, on the contrary, decreases. Therefore, you can eat sprouted beans in any quantities without fear for the figure.
A simple and casual salad. My mother-in-law tried it in a restaurant. Now she often cooks at home. We all really like it!!! The salad is delicious and healthy.