Wok is a Chinese noodle that goes well with chicken and vegetables, and if you season it all with a spoon of spicy sauce with an interesting flavor palette, what could be better than such a dinner? At the same time, it is not necessary to buy such food in a restaurant or fast food restaurant where it is unlikely to be useful, and if you are not lucky, then it is not fresh. You can make wok at home, the main thing is that you have a special round and deep Chinese frying pan of the same name. Believe me, it will always be in use, because you can cook in it not only this dish, using at the same time a minimum of oil, but getting the same high-calorie and wholesome food.
But what dish, especially this one, will do without sauce? Wok with chicken and vegetables and appetizing dressing is just an excitement. And with which sauce to season it all, moreover, how to cook a delicious sauce at home, read the article.
Cooking Chinese Noodle Sauce
Teriyaki sauce is traditional in Japanese culture. The exact recipe for cooking is not known to the cooks, because in each region there are differences in the recipe for this sauce. Nevertheless, it is prepared on the basis of soy sauce with the addition of fresh or dried ginger, garlic, and other spices.
The classic version of cooking (as teriyaki is cooked in Chinese and Japanese restaurants) includes soy sauce, mirin (rice wine), sake. All these ingredients are taken in equal proportions 1: 1: 1.
The popularity of wok sauce, in this case teriyaki, is due to its versatility. It goes well with side dishes, and with meat or fish dishes, and salads. Often used for pickling chicken, pork, beef, fish, vegetables. In this case, the sauce is made more liquid by removing starch from the recipe.
Teriyaki sauce is sweet and savory at the same time. It gives the dish both piquancy and a pleasant aftertaste. To find out what kind of sauce it is, just try it once. It is subjectively extremely difficult to convey the taste of this teriyaki sauce with chicken wok and chicken.
Sauce Ingredients
To make a wok sauce you will need:
- soy sauce - 150 ml;
- wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l .;
- dried ginger - 1-2 tsp;
- dried garlic - 1-2 tsp;
- cane sugar - 4 tsp. or 8 cubes;
- potato starch - 2-3 tsp;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 80 ml;
- refined sunflower or olive oil - 2 tsp.
To store teriyaki sauce, take a glass dish with a lid.
The whole set of ingredients for making wok sauce at home will cost you no more than 300 rubles. And the preparation will take 10-15 minutes of your time. A good option, right?
Features cooking teriyaki sauce
At the first stage of cooking, we prepare the stove and the pan. Turn on the middle flame and put on the stove a pan or stewpan. In stages, observing the sequence and slowly, add the first ingredients: soy sauce, sugar, dry garlic and ginger.
After that, pour in wine vinegar and oil, honey. We mix everything. Sugar should not stick to the walls of the dishes, it must be completely dissolved. Stir until the sauce begins to boil. At this point, add starch dissolved in water to an already boiling sauce. Mix thoroughly and turn off the stove.
Leave the sauce in this form for 5-10 minutes. Over time, when it cools, it will become thicker. So don’t worry if the initial wok sauce is too thin.
15-20 minutes after preparation, the consistency of the sauce has already changed. This is noticeable to the naked eye, and he himself has cooled enough to pour it into the glassware in which he will be stored. It must be kept in the refrigerator, and stored in this way for up to 7 days.
Is it possible to replace some products from the recipe and which ones?
The answer to this question, of course - yes, you can!
Wine vinegar is easily replaced with mirin and dry white wine, taking 100 milliliters each. Instead of cane sugar, the use of ordinary beetroot is acceptable. If you do not have dried ground garlic and ginger - feel free to take fresh, just chop. True, this option is accompanied by filtering the finished sauce from pieces of ginger and garlic through a sieve.
As for starch, its quantity can be changed depending on personal preferences and the purpose of preparation of the sauce. If you are going to use it for seasoning salads and ready-made dishes, then it is better to prepare a thick sauce, and if you use it as a marinade, then liquid with a lower concentration of starch or no at all is suitable.
Here it is, teriyaki sauce with vegetables, wok noodles and more. It just cooks, has a pleasant and interesting taste, and will not cost much. Go for it!