soy
- noun
- /sɔɪ/
- US
- Sook-Hee pours a dish of soy sauce in front of Kathryn.
- soy sauce
So that's kind of like my take on the soy sauce.
- So that's kind of like my take on the soy sauce.
- You've got good saltiness, good soy sauce, MSG.
- And you're going to dip it in soy sauce and hot mustard, right?
- I brought some soy sauce AKA milk.
- Sushi, I guess sushi is like it's prepared is soy sauce is like this.
- Yes, soy sauce and ice Soyce.
- It's really just the bracing of any protein or any vegetable or with vinegar, soy, garlic, pepper.
Examples
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Sushi set A, extra soy sauce.
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- We can have rice with soy sauce.
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That looks like it has soy sauce on it right there?
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Do you want to eat this with soy sauce?
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A little soy sauce, some duck sauce.
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Just now I saw Big Hat in town buying vinegar and soy sauce.
Fiction book (1995) -
On Jeju, pork is kept in a pot filled with soy sauce to preserve it for relatively short periods.
Academic text (2018) -
Similarly, pieces of chicken leg are stewed with canned peas and soy sauce.
Academic text (1994) -
Green beans, cream of mushroom soup, crispy onions, caramel, soy sauce and raw onions.
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In a medium bowl, combine ribs with soy sauce, ginger, garlic, chiles, and star anise.
Synonyms
A dark salty liquid used to add flavor to food
A dark, rich soy sauce used in Japanese cooking that is often wheat-free
A Japanese soy sauce used to season food
Compounds
How Sweet
- US
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soy for the dark sauce comes from Japanese shoyu, which means 'seasoning oil' and was brought into European languages by early traders; English then shortened it to 'soy'. That's why soy sauce is the dark, salty sauce made from fermented soybeans.