Seasoned Soy Sauce

Name: Seasoned Soy Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about ¾ cup (150 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 8 tbsp yangjo ganjang or low-sodium (120 ml) Soy Sauce; 2 tbsp (30 ml) Sugar; 2 tbsp (30 ml) Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Mingoo Kang recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Mingoo Kang.

CONDIMENT · NAMUL, GLAZES & RAGU

A condiment for namul, glazes & ragu.

Mingoo Kang's seasoned soy base for Korean cooking.

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MAT-GANJANG

Method: simmer
Yield: about ¾ cup
Ingredients: 3
Jar batch: 1.55× recipe

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Ratio

SOY SAUCE 120 mlWATER 30 ml

Ingredients

Soy Sauce8 tbsp yangjo ganjang or low-sodium (120 ml)
Sugar2 tbsp (30 ml)
Water2 tbsp (30 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): SOY SAUCE, WATER.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add SUGAR. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Chef-owner of the Michelin-starred Mingles in Seoul, a standard-bearer for modern Korean cooking built on jang, Korea's fermented sauces.

Originally published as Light Mat-Ganjang (Seasoned Soy Base).

Adapted from a recipe published by Mingoo Kang in Jang: The Soul of Korean Cooking (Artisan 2024) via Food Gal.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 1.55× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jang: The Soul of Korean Cooking (Artisan 2024) via Food Gal (published as “Light Mat-Ganjang (Seasoned Soy Base)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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