How to make soy sauce

Lovers of rolls and sushi rarely do without special spices: pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce. Our article will be about soy sauce, because it is used not only for Japanese food, but also for preparing various dishes. Some substitute salt for it, others eat it with rice, water fish or meat, and still others use soy sauce as marinade for shrimp, fish, mushrooms, barbecue.

Soy sauce recipe

The real version of soy sauce to cook at home is very difficult and practically impracticable. It is prepared by fermentation for several months, using a yeast based on a fungus Koji, which can hardly be found even in large supermarkets. But on the other hand, it is easy to prepare an analogue that will be more natural and healthier than a store-bought sauce. And it doesn't take long to cook it.

Classic soy sauce

What you need:

• 300 g soybeans;
• 4 large spoons of butter;
• 4 tablespoons chicken broth, or beef;
• sea ​​or ordinary salt according to your taste;
• a couple of large spoons of flour.

How to do:

1. The legumes should be soaked in water for 12 hours.
2. Drain, cover with clean water and cook for 90 minutes.
3. Pour the liquid, and mash the soybeans in a puree.
4. Put melted butter, broth, salt, flour to them, mixing thoroughly.
5. Put the mixture on the stove and bring to a boil, cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring often.
6. If you want the sauce to be thin, you can add more broth.

Sweet soy sauce

What you need:

• 200 g of soybeans;
• a pinch of cinnamon;
• ginger root;
• a spoonful of granulated sugar;
• leek taste;
• 350 ml sherry;
• some orange peel and anise.

How to cook:

1. Grate the zest and ginger.
2. Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, pour over the wine.
3. Cook for about 60 minutes over low heat.
4. Strain the sauce and place in a glass dish.
5. This sauce is stored for no more than 30 days. It can be used for various dishes, and also as a base for sweet and sour sauce.

Garlic soy sauce

For those who like the sauce to be spicy and spicy, you can suggest the following cooking recipe. The simplest thing is to buy ready-made soy sauce in the store, add to it a little vegetable oil, for example, olive oil and garlic, passed through a press, to taste. Mix thoroughly and the hot sauce is ready.

Garlic soy sauce

What is necessary:

• 200 g of soy;
• 2 tablespoons flour;
• 40 g butter;
• sea ​​salt to taste;
• a couple of garlic cloves;
• small onion;
• 100 ml of broth;
• hot japanese pepper Shichimi Togorashi or simple hot peppers to taste;
• 400 g mayonnaise.

How to cook:

1. Soy sauce is prepared in the same way as in the first version. Soy is boiled, kneaded, mixed with butter, broth, flour, salt and brought to a boil.
2. Cool the sauce a little.
3. Separately in blender chop the onion, pepper, garlic, adding mayonnaise.
4. Ready soy sauce is poured into the mixture and everything is thoroughly whipped.
5. Leave for 30-40 minutes to infuse, and can be served on the table with various dishes: rice, pasta, fish and meat dishes, rolls, can be used as salad dressing.