Perfect Soy Dressing

Name: Perfect Soy Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 2¼ cups (550 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: ⅓ cup water (80 ml) Water; 2 Tbsp sugar (30 ml) Sugar; ⅓ cup rice vinegar (80 ml) Rice Vinegar; ½ tsp salt (2.5 ml) Salt; 1 cup soy sauce (240 ml) Soy Sauce; ½ cup EVOO (120 ml) Olive Oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely grated Garlic; 1 Tbsp finely grated ginger (15 ml) Ginger

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

DRESSING · STIR-FRIED VEGETABLES & NOODLES

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for stir-fried zucchini.

Kaul's soy dressing from her stir-fried zucchini.

On the jar

GINGER-SOY

Method: shake
Yield: about 2¼ cups
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 0.5× recipe

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Ratio

SOY SAUCE 240 mlOLIVE OIL 120 mlWATER 80 mlRICE VINEGAR 80 ml

Ingredients

Water⅓ cup water (80 ml)
Sugar2 Tbsp sugar (30 ml)
Rice Vinegar⅓ cup rice vinegar (80 ml)
Salt½ tsp salt (2.5 ml)
Soy Sauce1 cup soy sauce (240 ml)
Olive Oil½ cup EVOO (120 ml)
Garlic2 garlic cloves, finely grated
Ginger1 Tbsp finely grated ginger (15 ml)

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 8 ingredients against a median of 6.

Its fat to acid ratio is 1.5:1, higher than 41% of the catalog’s dressings (median 2:1), a sharper mix for the category.

The acid here is rice vinegar. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (106 recipes), lime juice (58), and red wine vinegar (34).

The fat here is olive oil. In this category chefs also reach for sesame oil (34 recipes) and vegetable oil (24).

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): SOY SAUCE, OLIVE OIL, WATER, RICE VINEGAR.
Season to finish: SUGAR (about 1 Tbsp), SALT (about ¼ tsp), GARLIC (1 clove), GINGER (about 1½ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Rosheen Kaul — published sauce recipes in the PantryFlex catalog. James Beard Book Award: Visuals 2023.

Adapted from a Rosheen Kaul recipe (Rosheen Kaul / Broadsheet (Secret Sauce)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.5× 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 Rosheen Kaul / Broadsheet (Secret Sauce) (published as “Perfect Soy Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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