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Ran-chan’s Dumpling Sauce

Soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, Sriracha, ginger and a pinch of sugar make a sharp dumpling dip that takes five minutes and tastes like you absolutely had a plan.

Ran-chan’s Dumpling Sauce

What It Is

Soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, Sriracha, ginger and a pinch of sugar make a sharp dumpling dip that takes five minutes and tastes like you absolutely had a plan.

Origin

Japanese gyoza dipping sauces commonly combine soy sauce and vinegar, often with chili oil. This version adds sesame, ginger and Sriracha for a louder little party.

Fun Fact

Acid cuts through the fatty filling of dumplings, which is why vinegar-heavy dipping sauces work so ridiculously well.

Prep
5 min
Cook
—
Total
5 min
Servings
8 tbsps
(portion sizes are a suggestion, not a law)
Difficulty
easy
Dairy-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, Low-Carb
Away Mission
10 min walk
(roughly one away mission's worth of running from something that wants you dead)
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Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup soy sauce
  • ½ cup rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 3 tsp Sriracha sauce
  • Pinch sugar
  • Fresh minced ginger, to taste

Steps

  1. Whisk all ingredients together gently until combined.
  2. Cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours so the flavours settle in.
  3. Stir before serving with dumplings or gyoza.

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Notes

Adjust the Sriracha to taste — this sauce is genuinely flexible about how much heat it's carrying.

Nutrition Facts
Per 2 tbsp
Calories 35
Burning this off: several minutes of aggressively pretending to enjoy a work Zoom call.
% Daily Value*
Fat 2.0 g 3%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 550 mg 24%
Carbohydrate 3.0 g
Fibre 0.0 g 0%
Sugars 2.0 g 2%
Protein 1.0 g
Potassium 40 mg 1%
Calcium 0 mg 0%
Iron 0.3 mg 2%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Rice vinegar can be replaced with a mild white vinegar in a pinch, though the flavour is noticeably different. Chili garlic sauce can stand in for Sriracha. Toasted sesame oil specifically makes a real difference here over the untoasted kind.

Storage

Keep refrigerated in a clean jar for up to 2 weeks. The earlier two-month suggestion has been sent to the same retirement home as room-temperature mayonnaise.

Freezing

Freezing is usually unnecessary for a small batch of sauce. If you do freeze it, use small portions and expect creamy or emulsified sauces to need a good whisk after thawing.