Soy dipping sauce

Name: Soy dipping sauce
Yield: Makes half a cup
Ingredients: 2 tbsp peanut or vegetable oil; 1 slice ginger, cut into matchsticks; 3 tbsp dark soy sauce; 3 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 red chilli, finely sliced

Preparation info

Makes
half a cup

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

Dark soy is an aged soy that is actually lighter in salt than light soy sauce. The use of ‘cooked’ oil has long been a kitchen secret of Cantonese sauces.

Ingredients

2 tbsp peanut or vegetable oil
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
3

Sauce
Vegan

Method

Heat oil until it starts to smoke. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Mix cooked oil with dark and light soy, ginger and chilli. Serve in small dipping bowls.