Soy Dipping Sauce and Marinade

Name: Soy Dipping Sauce and Marinade
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup soy sauce; 2 tablespoons rice vinegar or sake; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon chopped or grated fresh ginger; 1/4 cup chopped scallions

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Makes about 1 1/4 cups 1x

Time 15 minutes

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Ingredients

1/2 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar or sake
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon chopped or grated fresh ginger
1/4 cup chopped scallions

Instructions

Combine all the ingredients and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Use immediately. Or refrigerate for up to 2 days (bring back to room temperature before serving).

— Recipe from How to Cook Everything: Completely Revised Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Recipe variations

Sesame-Soy Dipping Sauce and Marinade
For richness and texture: Add 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds.

Tahini Soy Sauce
Thicker and richer and terrific with anything grilled: Omit the ginger and scallions. Substitute 1/4 cup honey for the vinegar and add 2 tablespoons tahini. Sprinkle with red chile flakes if you like.

Sweet-and-Sour Sauce
Omit the sesame oil. Increase the sugar to 2 tablespoons; increase the vinegar to 3 tablespoons. Cook briefly over low heat, stirring, to dissolve the sugar. Taste and add more vinegar or sugar if necessary. Cool before serving or use warm as a basting sauce for roasted, grilled, or broiled vegetables, fish, poultry, or meat. You can make this a hot-and-sour sauce by adding cayenne to taste.