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There's No Salt in This Gluten-Free Soy Sauce
Posted by Living Without editor Alicia Woodward at 06:15PM in blog - Comments: (3)
January 29, 2013
Living Without contributor Jessica Goldman Foung, aka “Sodium Girl,” must live salt-free for medical reasons (due to risk of kidney failure prompted by lupus). She’s a queen of substitutions, an inspiration for those on special diets. This enthusiastic foodie spices up her diet with tasty sweet and savory alternatives to salt. Here’s the back-story (and the recipe) behind her ingenious GF, no-salt soy sauce.
I remember the day that my low-sodium diet truly turned around. I had just purchased Donald A. Gazzaniga’s book, The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Cookbook, and as I flipped through the recipes, I landed on “Soy Sauce Replacement.” I had never considered the idea of replacements before. Or that I could mimic something as salty as soy sauce, which contains over 1,000mg of sodium per tablespoon.
I made Mr. Gazzaniga’s Soy Sauce Replacement, and while it didn’t taste exactly like the original—there is just no way you can replicate the taste of all that salt—it did have a similar Asian essence. And when mixed with other components for marinades or BBQ sauces, it provided the right amount of savory sweetness.
I created my own version that I use whenever a recipe calls for soy or teriyaki or fish sauce. And I call it umami sauce, as I want your palate to seek out the savory quality, not the salt.
MAKES 1 CUP
The sauce will keep in the refrigerator for 1 month.
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cooked unseasoned rice vinegar
1 teaspoon molasses
½ teaspoon dark brown sugar
½ teaspoon garlic powder
Mix all ingredients together. Refrigerate until ready to use.
⅓ cup contains 9 calories, 0g total fat, 0g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 0mg cholesterol, 1mg sodium, 2g carbohydrate, 0g fiber, 0g sugars, 0g protein, 1EstGL.
Recipe excerpted from Sodium Girl by Jessica Goldman Foung, with permission from publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Comments (3)
Provident, buy coconut aminos online or in your health food store. Coconut Secret Aminos have been tested by Living Without and are delicious and flavorful. - Moderator
Posted by: LW Moderator | January 31, 2013 9:30 PM Report this comment
Thanks for the recipe.
Katie J, I was not able to find a recipe for coconut aminos. I'd like to try it.
Posted by: TheProvidentHomemaker.com | January 31, 2013 6:29 PM Report this comment
I use coconut aminos. They are not zero salt but very low compared to soy sauce. The taste is almost identical. I have a recipe posted on my blog at www.northdenvernutritiontherapy.com
Posted by: Katie J | January 31, 2013 9:48 AM Report this comment