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Explain dark soy sauce vs regular soy sauce

Got some Lee Kum Kee premium dark and really like it. What m...
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
Multi-colored indian lodge corn cake
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
Honey-headed hairraiser stage old irish cottage
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Coiffed parlor
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
Honey-headed hairraiser stage old irish cottage
  01/17/26
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rambunctious metal wagecucks
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
Passionate hyperventilating fortuitous meteor
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
histrionic slate spot
  01/16/26
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spectacular school
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Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/16/26
thoo dark
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spectacular school
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Irradiated chapel
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
translucent degenerate
  01/17/26
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Emerald party of the first part masturbator
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
translucent degenerate
  01/17/26
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Passionate hyperventilating fortuitous meteor
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lascivious black woman
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
Adventurous gas station death wish
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
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  01/17/26
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

Got some Lee Kum Kee premium dark and really like it. What makes this so good on steak compared to regular soy sauce? Is it the caramel coloring?

Dark:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003U2AAQY

Regular:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004XX1NKQ

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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: Multi-colored indian lodge corn cake

I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longer, for a stir fry I like to do 1/3 dark soy to 2/3 regular in my sauce

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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:20 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i think

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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:32 PM
Author: Honey-headed hairraiser stage old irish cottage

Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle flavor.

If this is supposed to be a honeypot for Asians, you're going to get a lot of false positive cookingmos

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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:48 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Coiffed parlor

It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great for making things deliciously savory without blowing the salt content into the stratosphere or making the food taste "Asian"

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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:32 AM
Author: Honey-headed hairraiser stage old irish cottage

Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "mint" is subtle to noncookmos.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: rambunctious metal wagecucks



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Passionate hyperventilating fortuitous meteor

I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “Light soy sauce” is normal soy sauce with the salt and umami and flavor. Dark soy is more of a coloring agent, you add a dash along with light soy when you want eg fried noodles with a rich dark color.

(not azn but have messed around plenty trying to make azn food)

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: histrionic slate spot

I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: spectacular school



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: naked love of her life factory reset button

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: spectacular school



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Irradiated chapel



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: translucent degenerate

its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thicker. saltier v sweeter. sooner v later.

light (what most westerners know as regular) soy sauce in chinese translates as "fresh extract." it is pressed from recently fermented soybeans. in cooking, it is typically added earlier in the cooking process as it will darken over time with heat.

dark soy sauce in chinese translates as "old extract." it is pressed from soybeans that have been fermented much longer. in cooking, it is typically added later in the cooking process. recipes that you see where light and dark are mixed together to form a marinade are garbage and wrong. dark soy sauce should be used as a finisher in fast wok cooking, much like sesame oil.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822963&forum_id=2#49596292)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: Emerald party of the first part masturbator

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use caramel coloring

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: translucent degenerate

among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will always have either caramel or molasses which gives it that sweeter darker profile. chinese dark soy sauces may also be called black soy sauce, and even double black soy sauce, but that is just the amount of caramel or molasses in the soy sauce.

the SE asian countries have an entire soy sauce lineup in the dark profile that i am less familiar with. my wife is thai and she uses a dark soy sauce that is based on palm sugar which is a different sweet profile than sugarcane. thais like to use palm sugar a lot. i had never encountered palm sugar until i met my wife. she also uses a mushroom flavored soy sauce, and a brand called maggi which best i can describe as a light smoky soy sauce.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Passionate hyperventilating fortuitous meteor



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: lascivious black woman



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: Adventurous gas station death wish

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5822963&forum_id=2#49597287)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building

MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d put salt on

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:35 PM
Author: Passionate hyperventilating fortuitous meteor

a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs is absolutely transformative

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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:06 PM
Author: Electric Mahogany Trump Supporter Church Building



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Adventurous gas station death wish



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: lascivious black woman

more athletic

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