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tamari

tamari

2 6.6
A dark, rich soy sauce used in Japanese cooking that is often wheat-free
  • noun
  • /təˈmɑːri/
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  • When preparing sushi, drizzle some tamari over the finished rolls for an authentic taste.
  • tamari sauce
  • tamari (soy sauce)
  • low-sodium tamari

Examples

  • Tamari.

  • 3 tablespoons of tamari sauce.

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  • And then we're going to take the sauce, the honey tamari sauce, and just kind of pour that or the dish like so.

  • So we're going to put a little bit more of the tamari and that's going to give you again, like that deep savoriness.

  • And the glaze is just a little bit of tamari, a little balsamic, a little orange juice for the sweetness.

  • When a recipe calls for chia seeds, toasted sesame oil, or tamari, by all means leave it out if you don't already have it!

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  • At New Seasons, I saw that you can get individual packets of gluten-free tamari, which I guess is so gluten-free people can bring their own soy sauce to restaurants.

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  • For a gluten-free option, try using tamari instead of regular soy sauce in your recipes.

  • To enhance the flavor of your stir-fry, add a splash of tamari while cooking the vegetables.

Synonyms

soy
vstamari
  • US
42 1.0

A thin dark sauce from fermented beans used to add salty flavor to food

is richer and less thin with a stronger taste and often wheat free
soy sauce
vstamari
  • US
29 1.0

A dark salty liquid used to add flavor to food

is richer and more concentrated in flavor than this general seasoning
shoyu
vstamari
1 5.5

A Japanese soy sauce used to season food

is darker and richer and often wheat free with a stronger flavor

Surface Forms

tamari singular
tamaris plural

Etymology

The word tamari comes from the Japanese verb tamaru, which means 'to collect' or 'to pool'. A helpful image is the thick, dark liquid that 'pools' during soy sauce making, and that's why tamari is the name for this rich, strong soy sauce.