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Sichuan Sweetened Soy Sauce

June 3, 2020 10 Comments

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This is one of the secret weapon of real Sichuan dishes, Sichuan sweetened soy sauce (复制酱油). In Sichuan cuisine, it is also known as combined soy sauce. The soy sauce is simmered with brown sugar and lots of other spices and thus can provide a very unique and profound aroma to cold dishes and noodles. It is almost unknown for people out of the particular area but I still want to introduce this to all Sichuan food lovers. With one bottle of this sweetened soy sauce, you can enhance your Sichuan style cold dishes to the next level.

We use traditional soy sauce which is something between light soy sauce and dark soy sauce originated from Cantonese cuisine. If no soy sauce found, use 1 and 1/2 cup light soy sauce and 1/2 cup of dark soy sauce.

The purpose of making sweetened soy sauce

  1. Remove the raw flavors of soy sauce.
  2. Comparing with original soy sauce, this sweetened soy sauce has much stronger flavor bought by herbs and spices.
  3. Sweetened soy sauce has a better attaching capacity comparing than regular soy sauce and thus can give food much stronger flavor.
Sichuan sweetened soy sauce|chinasichuanfood.com

How to use sweetened soy sauce

  1. Use it in Sichuan style salad like pork slices in garlic sauce, red oil pig ear and other Sichuan style cold dishes as an enhanced choice for regular soy sauce.
  2. Use in stock or soup bases for example in red oil wonton or red oil dumplings.
  3. Use in stewed or braised dishes.
Sichuan sweetened soy sauce|chinasichuanfood.com

Cook’s Note

Be careful at the end of the heating because the content can overflow very quickly. I recommend using a larger pot.

Let the spices soak in the soy sauce can make the combination even better. So if you are not in a hurry, pre-make the soy sauce in the previous day.

Sichuan sweetened soy sauce|chinasichuanfood.com

Instructions

1.Soak all of the spices with hot water for 30 minutes. Discard the water. On one hand, this helps to remove any medical flavors from the spices and on the other hand, this can speed up the release of the aroma from the spices.

pork slices in garlic sauce|chinasichuanfood.com

2.Place soy sauce, sugar, water and spices in a pot, bring to a boil and then slow down the fire and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let the spices soak in the soy sauce for 1 hour or overnight.

pork slices in garlic sauce|chinasichuanfood.com

3.Stain to get the soy sauce and then place in an oil free air tight container for 1 month.

pork slices in garlic sauce|chinasichuanfood.com
Sichuan sweetened soy sauce|chinasichuanfood.com
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Sichuan sweetened soy sauce

A mastering combined soy sauce, Sichuan sweetened soy sauce .

Ingredients
  • 2 cups soy sauce 1.5 cup light soy sauce + 0.5 cup dark soy sauce
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar for a lighter version, you can use 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp. rock sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 thumb ginger , smashed
  • 2 onion sections , smashed
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp. fennel seeds
  • 1 clove
  • 2 pieces sand ginger , optional
  • 1 piece dried tangerine
  • 1 Cao Guo (also known as black cardamom )
Instructions
  1. Soak all of the spices with hot water for 30 minutes. Discard the water. On one hand, this helps to remove any medical flavors from the spices and on the other hand, this can speed up the release of the aroma from the spices.

  2. Place soy sauce, sugar, water and spices in a pot, bring to a boil and then slow down the fire and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let the spices soak in the soy sauce for 1 hour or overnight.

  3. Stain to get the soy sauce and then place in an oil free air tight container for 1 month.

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  1. Andreas says

    June 14, 2020 at 7:43 am

    Hi Elaine, do you have any hints about the traditional soy sauce? Like the Chinese name of it or a picture of a popular brand?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      June 15, 2020 at 8:55 pm

      Andreas,
      There are several brands here. It should be named as “soy bean soy sauce” , not light soy sauce or dark soy sauce. It is a very traditional branch.

      Reply
  2. Deb says

    July 5, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    I was curious about the traditional soy sauce too so thank you for the previous question. Can the rock sugar be replaced by regular sugar or natural sugar? Thanks

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      July 6, 2020 at 8:47 pm

      Yes, you can even skip rock sugar and use 100% raw sugar.

      Reply
  3. Jia says

    July 10, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    Is there a substitute that I can use for Cao Guo?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      July 11, 2020 at 7:46 am

      No, there is no substitute for Cao Guo. However you can skip it if can’t find.

      Reply
  4. Skip says

    September 5, 2020 at 1:18 am

    What do you mean by onion sections? My definition may not be the same as yours. Size, and type of onion?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      September 5, 2020 at 8:41 pm

      Scallion or green onion sections. Watch the video please.

      Reply
  5. Evelien says

    September 20, 2020 at 4:44 am

    Hi Elaine,
    First of all: i love your site and the recipes!!!
    I have a question. I made the sweetend soy sauce today . It tastes amazing. But i thougt it would get a little bit thicker so it stucks better to the noodles. Is there a way to make it a littlr bit stickier?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      September 21, 2020 at 8:27 am

      Add a very small batch of starch, Evelien!! I know some of the restaurants use this method.

      Reply

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