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Stir fry sauce with a soy sauce and rice vinegar base in a bowl next to a decorative stir fry bowl.

All Purpose Homemade Stir Fry Sauce

A quick, easy, tangy sauce that's perfect for your next stir fry.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course sauce
Cuisine American, thai
Servings 1 stir fry worth of sauce

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ½ tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon chili oil
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce or coconut aminos
  • 2 ½ tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic minced or ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
  • juice from ½ of a lime or 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • chili flakes optional, add as much or as little as you like

Instructions
 

  • See recipe notes or post for substitutions for all ingredients should you need any. This recipe can easily be made in bulk and stored for later.
  • Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Use immediately, refrigerate it for up to a week, or freeze the sauce for later. One recipe of this sauce is enough for one large stir fry recipe.

Notes

Substitutions:
  • Soy sauce: Tamari, coconut aminos, and liquid aminos are all gluten-free and vegan options. Substitute coconut aminos to make it soy free.
  • Sesame oil: Replace sesame oil with olive oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, or peanut oil.
  • Chili oil: If you do not want any spice in your sauce you may not wish to use chili oil. Substitute chili oil with more sesame oil or any of the above sesame oil substitutes.
  • Fish sauce: Fish sauce is the only non-vegetarian/vegan ingredient. However it can easily be replaced by more soy sauce or its substitutes.
  •  Rice vinegar: Other vinegars that that can replace rice are apple cider or white wine vinegars. You can also substitute vinegar with mirin or extra lime juice.
  • Sugar: Some possible replacements for white sugar are honey, coconut sugar, or monk fruit sweetener.
  • Garlic: Fresh, pre-minced, dehydrated, or granulated garlic can all be used. If you do not want to use garlic you can either leave it out entirely or substitute it with onion powder. Ratios for different types of garlic. 
  • Lime juice: You can use fresh or concentrated lime juice (1 tablespoon=½ a lime), the same for lemon juice, or simply add more vinegar and leave out the lime entirely.
Keyword 15 minutes, all-purpose, easy sauce, homemade sauce, soy sauce, stir fry sauce, vegetarian
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