Addictive Everything Sauce: This 5-Min Japanese Sauce Makes ANY Meal a 10/10

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake while tamari is gluten-free.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics mirin's sweetness at a lower cost.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

ginger

🥗Healthier: ground ginger

💰Cheaper: ginger powder

Ground ginger provides similar flavor with a longer shelf life.

Rinse the rice and drain.

Add 120 g of water to the rinsed rice.

Add 0.5 tbsp of sake (optional).

Mix well and cook the rice.

Finely chop 30 g of green onions and 1 clove of garlic.

Finely chop 1 dried red chili or cayenne pepper.

Cut 50 g of cabbage into bite-sized pieces.

In a bowl, combine 4 tbsp of soy sauce, 2 tbsp of sugar, 1 tbsp of oyster sauce, 0.5 tbsp of sesame oil, 2 tsp of rice vinegar, and 50 ml of water.

Add 1 g of kabashi bonita flakes (optional) and 1 tbsp of Hawaiian sesame seeds, along with the chopped garlic and green onions; mix well.

Heat 2 tsp of vegetable oil in a pan over medium heat.

Fry 1 egg to your preferred doneness and marinate it in the sauce.

Pour the sauce over thin slices of pork and let it soak up the flavor.

Heat 1 tsp of vegetable oil in the pan and add the cut cabbage.

Once the cabbage is cooked, add the pork and cook thoroughly.

Place the cooked fried egg on top of the rice and serve with the pork and cabbage.

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