Description
A traditional healthy snack from Southern Taiwan (Tainan/Kaohsiung) where large raw tomato wedges are dipped in a pitch-black sauce of grated ginger, sweet Jiangyou Gao, sugar, and licorice powder.
Restaurants serving Tomatoes with Ginger Soy Dip
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Raw tomatoes
- Thick soy sauce
- Grated ginger
- Sugar
- Licorice powder
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [DIY Special Sauce (Most Crucial)] In a small dish, mix Taiwanese sweet Jiangyou Gao, massive grated ginger (Lao Jiang), sugar, and 'licorice powder (or Mei Fen)' until gooey.
- Cut fresh tomatoes (slightly green/hard Black Persimmon tomatoes are best) into large wedges.
- Dip tomatoes heavily into this pitch-black special sauce, enjoying the contrast of ginger heat and tomato acidity.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Vivid ginger heat and licorice medicinal sweet aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Cherry tomatoes or acidic fruits (green mango, etc.)
Pairing
(Eaten alone as a snack or post-meal dessert)
Trivia
[For Women] Japanese first-timers are shocked: 'Ginger and soy on tomatoes!?', but eating it draws out tomato sweetness to the limit, amazingly delicious. Pairing cooling tomatoes with warming ginger aligns with Taiwan's 'Food as Medicine'. Low cal, lycopene-rich; ultimate dessert sub during diets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Reuse the leftover ginger soy sauce directly as a dip for boiled okra or broccoli—a 'versatile healthy sauce' lifehack!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)