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California Farm Fresh Regular Soy Sauce: Shoyu
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California Farm Fresh Regular Soy Sauce: Shoyu

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

New soy bean crop is in. Time to make thin regular soy sauce called Shoyu, plus a thick sweet soy sauce called ketjap, and koji, and fresh soy milk, and tofu, and miso soup paste, called natto, and whole bean cakes called tempeh. Here is our regular thin soy sauce recipe. Stays fresh three years. Recipe is calibrated to two years’ usage for two people, 4 pint bottles.
Correction: the 2022 soy bean brew spoiled inside the glass jar. I will try again when the 2023 soy bean crop is in.

New soy bean crop is in. Time to make thin regular soy sauce called Shoyu, plus a thick sweet soy sauce called ketjap, and koji, and fresh soy milk, and tofu, and miso soup paste, called natto, and whole bean cakes called tempeh. Here is our regular thin soy sauce recipe. Stays fresh three years. Recipe is calibrated to two years’ usage for two people, 4 pint bottles.
Correction: the 2022 soy bean brew spoiled inside the glass jar. I will try again when the 2023 soy bean crop is in.

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California Farm Fresh Regular Soy Sauce: Shoyu

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

New soy bean crop is in. Time to make thin regular soy sauce called Shoyu, plus a thick sweet soy sauce called ketjap, and koji, and fresh soy milk, and tofu, and miso soup paste, called natto, and whole bean cakes called tempeh. Here is our regular thin soy sauce recipe. Stays fresh three years. Recipe is calibrated to two years’ usage for two people, 4 pint bottles.
Correction: the 2022 soy bean brew spoiled inside the glass jar. I will try again when the 2023 soy bean crop is in.

New soy bean crop is in. Time to make thin regular soy sauce called Shoyu, plus a thick sweet soy sauce called ketjap, and koji, and fresh soy milk, and tofu, and miso soup paste, called natto, and whole bean cakes called tempeh. Here is our regular thin soy sauce recipe. Stays fresh three years. Recipe is calibrated to two years’ usage for two people, 4 pint bottles.
Correction: the 2022 soy bean brew spoiled inside the glass jar. I will try again when the 2023 soy bean crop is in.

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Ingredients

3 days plus 6 months
2 people one year
  • 2 literswater
  • 250 gramsseasalt
  • 600 gramswhole soybeans, latest crop
  • 600 gramswhole wheat berries, latest crop
  • 4 gramskoji fermentation starter or make your own (see below)
  • Equipment: hand held thermometer, large fermentation jar, 4 pint size soy bottles, soup pot, large glass baking pan, cast iron skillet, wheat grinder or food processor, cheesecloth bag for filtering
  • Cost: soy beans $3, wheat kernels $1, koji $1, half gallon for $6. Kikkoman is $8 per half gallon at the supermarket
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3 days plus 6 months
  1. 1

    Soak 600 grams whole dry soybeans in ample water overnight till bubbles appear on top of the water. Remove loose soy bean hulls with whisk in breadmaker, rinse loose hulls away. Cook the beans till soft, 6 hours. To see if soy bean is ready, it purees when pressed between thumb and finger. Drain and cool.

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  2. 2

    Roast 600 grams wheat berries in dry cast iron skillet or wok till kernels pop and roast is dark brown, keep stirring, about ten minutes. Cool. Grind to coarse flour in grain mill or food processor.

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  3. 3

    Make Koji fermentation discs. Puree 1/2 cup of cooked soy beans in food processor. Mix with 1/2 cup of coarse ground roasted wheat kernel flour and 1/2 cup water till you have a paste. Scoop 8 Tbs of paste on wet paper towel, press flat into discs. Wrap in plastic, put in pantry, let mold 7 days till covered in white molds. Unwrap, lay on baking sheet in full sun till dry. Pulverize. This is your natural koji. You can also buy Koji on amazon. ($16)

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  4. 4

    Mix soybeans and cracked, roasted wheat berries. When cool, add teaspoon koji spores or cup of ground koji discs. Mix well. Spread in flat glass baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in 90F degree oven. Crack ovendoor open if temperature rises above 100F degrees. Incubate a few days till covered in white mold.

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  5. 5

    Mix 250 grams seasalt with 2 liters water, boil and cool. Taste to see if you like more salt. Pour in glass fermentation container with tight lid. Add soy bean-wheatberry mix when white growth occurs. Cover airtight, put in sunny warm window to ferment 3 months. When weather cools, move to pantry to ferment another three months. Taste, it gets stronger if fermented longer. Filter through cheesecloth, bottle in four pint bottles for the year. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
on August 26, 2022 23:42
California, United States
I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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