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Caribbean Island Soy

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Ingredients:
  • One 16oz. jar (I use a large 16oz gray poupon jar)
  • Lots of scotch bonnet peppers, habaneros or your favorite peppers
  • One bottle of your favorite Chinese soy sauce
Directions:
  • Chop up all the scotch bonnet peppers and stuff into 16oz jar.
  • Fill the bottle with your favorite soy sauce making sure that it always stays at a level above the peppers.
  • This sauce is extremely picante so use sparingly. The level of picante dissipates over time and you will need to eventually add more peppers to bring back the picante. Also you will need to replace the soy sauce as the level goes down; again it needs to be above the peppers to preserve them.
  • Storage – Needs to be stored in the refrigerator and will stay fine for years. Mine is well over 8 years old.
Uses:
  • Anywhere you would use wasabi and served in a very small dipping dish like below or you can sever with a tiny spoon.
  • Dipping for sushi, cooked chicken strips, steak, pork or fish.
  • Can be used to spice up fried rice but only mix in a few spoonfuls with non spiked soy sauce in a bowl before you pour over the rice while it’s cooking. This way the pepper won’t overpower the dish or diminish the other spice flavors you’ve used.
  • Soup – This sauce is mainly used around the Caribbean to spice up your soup. Just use baby spoonfuls.
  • If strained this sauce can be used in a spray bottle to lightly spray over grilled foods. Spray lightly over food near the end of its grilling cycle so it doesn’t just burn or evaporate off your grilled food (i.e. chicken, fish, pork, etc.)
Note:
  • Keep in ming that Soy sauce is high in salt so you may want to watch the level of salt used in your dish. That said, I've never tried to make this sauce with salt-free soy so I can't say how it taste but with regualr soy it kicks ass! ... Enjoy.
*BTW I found this sauce in some restaurants in Jamaica & Trinidad, not something I invented*

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You might try some blackstrap molasses in the soy too... one of my favorite ways to grill fish is to marinate in lime juice and salt cut with water so I don't end up with ceviche, then baste on the grill with black soy sauce (soy and molasses 50/50), sauteed shallots, more lime juice and melted butter.
 
You might try some blackstrap molasses in the soy too... one of my favorite ways to grill fish is to marinate in lime juice and salt cut with water so I don't end up with ceviche, then baste on the grill with black soy sauce (soy and molasses 50/50), sauteed shallots, more lime juice and melted butter.

Sounds very good, you’re making me hungry and yes I'll give it a try soon. But it won't keep me from having this and several other sauces I keep in the fridge as I'm very accustom to having them ready to go as is.
 
Sounds very good, you’re making me hungry and yes I'll give it a try soon. But it won't keep me from having this and several other sauces I keep in the fridge as I'm very accustom to having them ready to go as is.
No worries... I wasn't saying "instead of"...
 
This sounds great. I just tried low salt soy sauce for the first time a few weeks ago. It wasn't bad at all. Will definitely try this when we get some fresh pods again.
 
Guys/gals, I've never tried with frozen pods but don't let me hold you up from trying and report back here :) I don't see what harm it would do ...
 
Great recipe Bredren! I aways use a little soy sauce in my jerk and other merinades, but this needs to be constructed and in my fridge asap!
 
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