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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

🇯🇵JapanEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Crispy Fried Tofu

Japanese golden fried tofu with a crispy cornstarch crust, served with a simple soy-garlic sauce, sesame seeds, and green onion. A dish that wins over even tofu skeptics.

30 min165 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🥑Keto

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Takoyaki with Seafood

Traditional Japanese octopus balls made from a light dashi batter, filled with seafood, green onion, and tempura crumbs, cooked in a special round mold until golden. Topped with takoyaki sauce, Japanese mayo, bonito flakes, and aonori.

45 min40 kcal24 serves

🥑Keto

🇮🇩IndonesiaAdvanced

Salads

Gado-Gado

A warm Indonesian salad of blanched and fresh vegetables, potato, and egg, drizzled with a rich spiced peanut sauce. Indonesia's national dish — gado-gado means 'mix-mix', and you can use whatever vegetables you have on hand.

30 min230 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Salads

Bang-Bang Chicken Salad

A popular Chinese-inspired salad of shredded poached chicken with cucumber and green onion, dressed in a creamy, sweet-spicy bang-bang peanut sauce. Silky chicken, crunchy vegetables, and a bold sauce — simple to make and impossible to stop eating.

30 min240 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🥑Keto

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Salads

Chuka Seaweed Salad

A classic Japanese seaweed salad made from chuka (wakame-style sea greens) dressed in a light sesame-soy vinaigrette with chili and ginger. Silky, refreshing, and packed with minerals — the perfect appetizer alongside sushi or miso soup.

10 min45 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌱Vegan

🇰🇷KoreaAdvanced

Salads

Korean Soy Asparagus

A classic Korean banchan made from dried soy asparagus (fuchju) soaked, briefly boiled, and marinated in a savory soy-garlic-sesame dressing. Served cold as a side dish alongside rice and other Korean dishes.

360 min160 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

🇰🇷KoreaAdvanced

Salads

Korean Marinated Daikon

A refreshing Korean side dish of daikon sliced into rounds, salted to draw out moisture, then marinated in a sweet-tangy soy dressing with garlic and chili. Served cold as banchan alongside rice or grilled meats.

90 min90 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Korean Spicy Squid Stir-Fry

A bold Korean stir-fry of tender squid with carrot, bell pepper, and onion in a spicy-sweet gochujang sauce. Fast, fiery, and deeply savory — ready in under 10 minutes once the vegetables are prepped. Serve with rice and kimchi.

35 min240 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Meat Dishes

Beef Bulgogi

Korea's most beloved BBQ dish — paper-thin slices of ribeye marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, garlic, and ginger, then seared on a blazing hot pan until caramelized at the edges. Sweet, savory, smoky, and intensely flavorful. Serve with rice, lettuce leaves, and kimchi.

25 min280 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein⚡Quick

🇰🇷KoreaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Korean Fried Chicken

The crispiest fried chicken you will ever make — double-fried for a glass-thin shatteringly crispy crust, then glazed in a sticky sweet-spicy gochujang sauce with honey, garlic, and soy sauce. A Korean street food icon that became a global obsession.

40 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

🇵🇭PhilippinesMedium

Meat Dishes

Chicken Adobo

The national dish of the Philippines — chicken thighs braised in a tangy-savory mix of soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, and black pepper until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender and the sauce is thick and glossy. Simple, deeply flavorful, and even better the next day.

40 min310 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🥑Keto

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Meat Dishes

Sichuan Spicy Chicken

A classic of Chinese cuisine with bold flavor and the signature numbing heat of Sichuan pepper — the mala effect. Velveted chicken stir-fried until crispy, finished in a spicy sauce with dried chili, garlic, and roasted peanuts. Serve immediately with jasmine rice.

35 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

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