# Soy Sauce Marinade

A flavorful soy sauce marinade perfect for soy sauce eggs or chashu for ramen.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup good quality soy sauce
- 1 cup reverse fermented water
- 0.5 cup Japanese sake
- 0.25 cup mirin
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 ginger
- 2 pieces fresh green scallion
- 2 pieces star anise

## Instructions

1. Mix 1 cup of soy sauce, 1 cup of reverse fermented water, ½ cup of Japanese sake, and ¼ cup of mirin in a measuring cup.
2. Crush 2 garlic cloves and 1 piece of ginger with a meat hammer.
3. Finely chop 2 pieces of fresh green scallion.
4. Add the crushed garlic and ginger, chopped scallion, and 2 pieces of star anise to the mixture.
5. Lightly toast the star anise with a kitchen torch.
6. Pour the mixture into a pan and bring it to a boil.
7. Once boiling, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
8. Strain the marinade using a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth.

## Equipment

- measuring cup
- knife
- meat hammer
- small bowl
- stove
- pan
- rolling pin

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3APqngB4jS0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/efa13ca3-059b-44e8-85ce-009334b68af6
- Extracted: 2025-02-02

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