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This homemade sweet soy sauce is affordable, pantry-friendly, and ready in just 5-10 minutes, making it a quick and easy alternative to store-bought sauces. It’s perfect as a dip for dumplings, bao, or potstickers and adds delicious flavor to stir-fries or glazed tofu.
Emily’s Recipe Notes:
I love this super easy homemade sweet soy sauce for a few reasons:
- Affordable: It saves me a few bucks, since I don’t have to buy another specialty sauce from the store.
- Pantry Friendly: I save a trip to the grocery store since I have most of the ingredients on hand already.
- Ready in 5-10 Minutes: It’s super quick and easy to make.
Why We Love This Sweet Soy Sauce: This homemade sweet soy sauce is a great addition to other sauces I’ve made like my easy stir fry sauce and my 5 ingredient Korean Chili Sauce. Or you can use it as a dipping sauce for dishes like dumplings, bao or potstickers.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
Most of the ingredients you need for this sauce, should already be in your pantry. It’s made from:
- coconut sugar (or sub. dark brown sugar)
- brown sugar
- soy sauce
- ginger
- garlic.
The coconut sugar adds a nice caramel undertone to the sauce that marries nicely with the salty umami flavor of the soy. If you don’t have coconut sugar on hand, no worries! I recommend subbing in dark brown sugar or even normal brown sugar in its place.
All you need to do is bring the ingredients to a boil and then reduce the sauce to a very low simmer for a few minutes. And voila! You’re done.
Homemade Sweet Soy Sauce
Rate this RecipeIngredients
- ¼ cup coconut sugar, sub. dark brown sugar
- 1 tbsp light or dark brown sugar
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1 tsp minced garlic
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over low/medium heat.
- Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until the sugar is dissolved and the sauce is slightly thickened.
- Transfer to an airtight container to cool. Use in your favorite stir fries, noodle dishes, and more.
- Store in fridge for up to 5 days.
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