Recipes with Soy Sauce

Salt plus savoury depth in one bottle, and the backbone of most of the East and Southeast Asian recipes below. Light soy seasons, dark soy mostly colours — if you only keep one, keep light.

23 free recipes below, every one with a full ingredient list and step-by-step method. They run across Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Thai kitchens. On FoodNeverComes the food never actually arrives — so these are the ones you make yourself.

Banh Mi🇻🇳 Vietnamese · ⏱️ 20 minBulgogi🇰🇷 Korean · ⏱️ 30 minChow Mein🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 15 minCom Tam🇻🇳 Vietnamese · ⏱️ 40 minDumplings🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 40 minFried Rice🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 15 minGyoza🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 40 minJapchae🇰🇷 Korean · ⏱️ 30 minKatsu Curry🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 35 minKorean Fried Chicken🇰🇷 Korean · ⏱️ 40 minKung Pao Chicken🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 25 minMapo Tofu🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 20 minOmakase🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 45 minRamen🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 20 minSpring Rolls🇹🇭 Thai · ⏱️ 35 minSpring Rolls🇨🇳 Chinese · ⏱️ 35 minSushi Platter🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 50 minTakoyaki🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 30 minTempura🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 25 minThai Fried Rice🇹🇭 Thai · ⏱️ 15 minTonkatsu🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 25 minTteokbokki🇰🇷 Korean · ⏱️ 20 minUdon🇯🇵 Japanese · ⏱️ 20 min