Until recently, in our country, no one knew what a soy sauce was. Its application on a large scale began only in the nineties of the last century.
Homeland of soy sauce is China.The first mention of this product is found in the 2nd century BC. There are many assumptions about the reason for its creation. Someone talks about the lack of salt at that time and the desire of people to use it most economically. Others argue that this was due to the desire of ancient monks who, for religious purposes, tried to force people to eat only vegetarian food and completely abandon dairy and meat products. Anyway, it was then that a soy sauce unknown to anyone was unknown. Its use in food has become mandatory and quite familiar. Very soon this product crossed the borders of its country and began to spread rapidly around the world. Japanese were the first to love the unusual sauce, and with the help of Dutch sailors they learned about it in many countries of Europe. Chefs happily used this unusual Asian seasoning to give a new taste to long-known dishes.
Nowadays soy sauce is prepared in different ways.However, in any case, the technology of its production is associated with the process of fermenting a mixture of fried wheat and boiled beans in the presence of certain types of fungi and its subsequent fermentation and pasteurization. This is how real soy sauce is made. Its use in cooking has almost no limits for the exclusion of desserts. It is used as a piquant flavor additive to meat and fish dishes, as well as for the preparation of various dressings and marinades. In addition, it is used as a basis for the preparation of other sauces: mushroom, mustard, shrimp and others. Depending on the aging and the duration of fermentation of the product and the area of its application, there are three types of soy sauce:
Each of them has its own characteristicsin the recipe and cooking technology, and this in turn affects how the product is used. Take, for example, a dark soy sauce. Its use is limited to meat dishes and all sorts of marinades. The reason is that this sauce is thick, concentrated, fragrant and almost not salty. The light type of the sauce is less aromatic, but more salty and therefore is used for making different salads. A sweet contains palm sugar and is able not only to decorate a dessert, but it is also beneficial to emphasize the taste of any meat or vegetable dish.
Many people liked the soy sauce.Application, recipes and methods of its production are constantly expanding and improving. Adding lime, tomato paste, sesame oil or honey to it makes it possible to cook absolutely new sauces. And the use of cinnamon, ginger, anise, mustard or garlic as an additive gives the dishes a completely unique flavor. Soy sauce is able to make even the most unsightly plant a real delicacy. For example, the classic "teriyaki". It can easily be made at home by measuring the ingredients with tablespoons. To do this, you only need:
3 spoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1 spoon of ground ginger and 3 spoons of Mirin wine (if it does not turn out, you can use sake, dry vermouth or any dessert wine).
Teriyaki is prepared in one step:
Teriyaki is ready.Now it only remains to cool it. This is best done in the refrigerator. After that, the fragrant mixture can be used as a dressing for all kinds of salads, as well as dishes from fish and various seafood. The main role in this piquant mass is played by soy sauce. The application, recipes and choice of products depend on additional ingredients.
In Asian cuisine, meat dishes are given specialAttention. Among them, many different recipes are known, in which soy sauce is necessarily used. The application of this fragrant additive to meat can dramatically change its taste. Take, for example, a recipe for a piquant sweet and sour chicken. First you need to prepare the following products:
half a kilogram of chicken fillet (or legs) 6cloves of garlic, 130 grams of roasted cashew nuts, a tablespoon of starch, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, vegetable oil, salt, ground black pepper and a little green onion.
Cooking should be done as follows:
Such a dish will be in harmony with the taste of pasta.
Where is unused soy sauce?Use with rice, for example, is not limited to the combination of “main course + side dish”. Both of these components can be easily combined and get completely new recipes from already known products. For example, rice with vegetables. It will take:
250 grams of rice (it is better to take "Basmati"), 1 piece of carrots, sweet pepper, onion and cucumber, a tablespoon of sunflower oil and soy sauce.
Process technology:
Now the dish can be eaten, and lovers can pour it in a plate with soy sauce in addition.
Quite often lately come acrossrecipes that use soy sauce. Application for sauces and dressings does not limit the scope of its use. Often it acts as a “dip sauce,” that is, a liquid into which the prepared product is dipped. A good taste is obtained mixture prepared from the following products:
2 tablespoons of soy white sauce and white rice vinegar, 1 spoon of sugar and chili oil, 2-3 cloves of garlic, salt and ½ teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
How to cook this sauce? For this you need:
Now ready-made sweet-sour-salty sauce can be served with fish, meat and all sorts of vegetables. It is equally good in both hot and cold.
Во многих странах этот уникальный продукт called the real king among the variety of sauces. And this is quite true. What is so good soy sauce? Its use in cooking is quite extensive. This product can simultaneously perform four different functions:
As a marinade, it not only gives a special flavor.the main product, but also greatly shortens the period of its preparation. And if you add special aromatic and flavorings to the main recipe, you can get many different unique dressings. In addition, the use of soy sauce as an ingredient makes it possible to exclude salt from the recipe, and this helps to make any dish more useful for the human body. As a separate dish, soy sauce will never be superfluous on the table. There is always a product for which it is simply necessary. It is only necessary to carefully consider the menu and add a couple of strokes in time.
