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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...
amber area fanboi
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
maroon marketing idea pisswyrm
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
amber area fanboi
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
Chrome irate international law enforcement agency
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
amber area fanboi
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Boyish gold abode milk
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
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  01/17/26
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anal heady parlor
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
maniacal bateful den
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
amber area fanboi
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
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  01/16/26
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amber area fanboi
  01/16/26
thoo dark
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floppy blue crackhouse
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Shimmering wonderful stain theatre
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
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  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
amber area fanboi
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Shimmering wonderful stain theatre
  01/17/26
ty
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wild excitant office
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
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  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
amber area fanboi
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: amber area fanboi

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: maroon marketing idea pisswyrm

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: amber area fanboi

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: Chrome irate international law enforcement agency

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: amber area fanboi

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Boyish gold abode milk

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: Chrome irate international law enforcement agency

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: anal heady parlor



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: maniacal bateful den

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: amber area fanboi

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Metal Vivacious School

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Bearded genital piercing gaming laptop



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: amber area fanboi



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: impressive doobsian blood rage

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Bearded genital piercing gaming laptop



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: amber area fanboi



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: floppy blue crackhouse



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Shimmering wonderful stain theatre

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.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: mahogany coldplay fan trust fund

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: amber area fanboi

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Shimmering wonderful stain theatre

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: amber area fanboi

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: maniacal bateful den



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: wild excitant office



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: Sienna Hell Gunner

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: amber area fanboi

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: maniacal bateful den

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: amber area fanboi



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Sienna Hell Gunner



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: wild excitant office

more athletic

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