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Soy sauce Recipes

62 recipes with soy sauce for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

62 recipes

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Tempura

Vegetables and shrimp dipped in ice-cold batter and fried until shatteringly crisp. The batter must be barely mixed — lumps are good — and the oil screaming hot. Done right, tempura is light enough to eat endlessly.

25 min320 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Salads

Crispy Duck Salad

Duck breast scored, seasoned, and pan-fried skin-side down until the fat renders out and the skin turns glass-crisp. Sliced over fresh greens with a citrus-soy dressing, the richness of the duck meets bright, clean flavors.

45 min620 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto

🇯🇵JapanAdvanced

Soups

Ramen

Ramen is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of Chinese noodles served in a hot broth with various toppings. Each region of Japan has its own unique recipes.

310 min550 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Mellow Teriyaki Fish

White fish fillets glazed with a homemade teriyaki sauce that caramelizes under high heat into a sticky, sweet-savory coating. The sauce reduces to a glossy lacquer while the fish stays flaky and moist inside.

23 min275 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Meat Dishes

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu is a popular Japanese dish — a breaded pork chop. A perfect example of adapting Western cooking techniques into Japanese cuisine.

23 min500 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Khe (Korean Marinated Fish)

A Korean-style marinated salmon salad where fish is cured in vinegar then tossed with vegetables, garlic, chili and soy sauce. Bold, spicy and fresh — best after marinating for at least 4 hours.

35 min120 kcal6 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

🇯🇵JapanEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Edamame

Young green soybeans boiled in salted water — a classic Japanese snack. Simple, nutritious and delicious as is, or elevated with sesame oil, chili flakes and soy sauce.

15 min180 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌱Vegan

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Salads

Smashed Cucumbers

A classic Chinese cold appetizer where cucumbers are smashed to create craggy surfaces that soak up a bold sesame-soy-vinegar dressing. Ready in 30 minutes, refreshing and addictive.

30 min80 kcal5 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌶️Spicy⚡Quick

🇯🇵JapanEasy

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Panko Shrimp

Crispy Japanese-style shrimp coated in panko breadcrumbs that deliver an incredibly light, airy crust while keeping the shrimp juicy inside. The secret is the three-stage breading and precise oil temperature.

30 min275 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌶️Spicy

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Thai-Style Salmon

Pan-seared salmon with a fragrant ginger-lime marinade and a glossy soy-honey glaze inspired by Thai flavors. The sweet-sour sauce enhances the richness of the fish without overpowering it.

40 min300 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🥑Keto

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Bánh Mì

The famous Vietnamese sandwich that fuses French baguette with Southeast Asian fillings — spiced pork, quick-pickled vegetables, fresh herbs and chili sauce. Two cultures in one loud, crunchy, deeply satisfying bite.

25 min460 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌶️Spicy

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Chinese Braised Eggplant

Silky Chinese braised eggplant in a glossy sweet-savory sauce with garlic, ginger and sesame. One of the great vegetarian dishes of Chinese cuisine — the eggplant absorbs every layer of flavor from the sauce.

15 min160 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

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