Name: Homemade Sweet Soy Sauce
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 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

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A super easy homemade sweet sauce made from 5 ingredients that are likely already in your pantry: coconut sugar, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger & garlic.

a grey bowl with homemade sweet soy sauce on a wooden cutting board. — a bowl of sweet soy sauce

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.

a small pot with sweet soy sauce. — sweet soy sauce

Why We Love This Sweet Soy Sauce

I love this super easy homemade sweet soy sauce for a few reasons:

❶ Affordable: It saves me a few bucks, since I don’t have to buy another specialty sauce from the store.

❷ Pantry Friendly: I save a trip to the grocery store since I have most of the ingredients on hand already.

❸ Ready in 5-10 Minutes: It’s super quick and easy to make.

a small glass bottle filled with homemade sweet soy sauce. — sweet soy sauce in a jar

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.

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