Sweet Soy Sauce (Tian Jiang You)
まるでみたらし団子のタレ！？スパイスを煮詰めた「黒蜜醤油」
Description
A highly sweet, syrupy special soy sauce heavily used for cold dishes, Dim Sum, and tossed noodles in Southwest China (Yunnan/Sichuan). Regular soy sauce is boiled down long-term with massive brown sugar (or rock sugar), star anise, cinnamon, and ginger until syrupy. Also called 'Fu Zhi Jiang You' in Sichuan.
Classification: Everyone, Condiment, Soy Sauce, Sweet Seasoning, Yunnan Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, Fu Zhi Jiang You, Viscous
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How to use
Ingredients
- Soy sauce
- Brown sugar(or rock sugar)
- Water
- Star anise
- Cinnamon
- Licorice
- Scallion
- Ginger
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Suan Ni Bai Rou (Garlic Pork Belly)]: In this classic Sichuan cold dish, it mixes with grated garlic and chili oil to gently envelop the intense heat.
- Pour raw over Yunnan's famous 'Liang Mixian' (cold rice noodles).
- The heart of the sauce for Zhong Shui Jiao (Chengdu's sweet-spicy dumplings).
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Rich sweetness and depth of brown sugar、fragrant with complex spices like star anise、akin to Mitarashi syrup
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Boil equal parts JP soy sauce and brown sugar with star anise and ginger until syrupy
Pairing
Suan Ni Bai Rou (Pork Belly Salad) / Zhong Dumplings
Trivia
A seasoning relatively easy to 'recreate (Fu Zhi)' at home using basic soy, sugar, and spices, avoiding the need to buy commercial bottles. Stocking this instantly transforms plain cucumbers or boiled pork into 'authentic Chinese cold dishes'.
Eating tips & etiquette
Tastes like JP 'Mitarashi Dango glaze' spiked with Chinese spices. In Sichuan cuisine, blending ultra-spicy chili oil (Hong You) with this sweet soy creates a 'sweet-spicy chaotic flavor', which is the absolute secret to recreating authentic tastes.
Allergen
Soybeans, Wheat