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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...
Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
Vengeful Odious Degenerate
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
stubborn racy psychic field
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
provocative goyim party of the first part
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
stubborn racy psychic field
  01/17/26
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Laughsome hairy legs
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
Scarlet spot
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
Pearly marketing idea
  01/16/26
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Stimulating Amber Mental Disorder
  01/16/26
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Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
thoo dark
Appetizing chocolate brunch shitlib
  01/16/26
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Stimulating Amber Mental Disorder
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Impressive coffee pot
  01/16/26
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Confused base chad
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Mildly Autistic Shivering Idiot Station
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
hyperventilating stead
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
Impressive coffee pot
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Mildly Autistic Shivering Idiot Station
  01/17/26
ty
Impressive coffee pot
  01/17/26
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Scarlet spot
  01/17/26
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Flatulent double fault theater stage
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
bronze whorehouse
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
Impressive coffee pot
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
Scarlet spot
  01/17/26
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Impressive coffee pot
  01/17/26
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bronze whorehouse
  01/18/26
more athletic
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  01/17/26


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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Impressive coffee pot

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: Vengeful Odious Degenerate

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: Impressive coffee pot

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: stubborn racy psychic field

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: Impressive coffee pot

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: provocative goyim party of the first part

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: stubborn racy psychic field

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: Laughsome hairy legs



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Scarlet spot

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: Impressive coffee pot

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Pearly marketing idea

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Stimulating Amber Mental Disorder



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Impressive coffee pot



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Appetizing chocolate brunch shitlib

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Stimulating Amber Mental Disorder



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Impressive coffee pot



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Confused base chad



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Mildly Autistic Shivering Idiot Station

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: hyperventilating stead

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Impressive coffee pot

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Mildly Autistic Shivering Idiot Station

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: Impressive coffee pot

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Scarlet spot



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: Flatulent double fault theater stage



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: bronze whorehouse

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Impressive coffee pot

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: Scarlet spot

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: Impressive coffee pot



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: bronze whorehouse



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: Flatulent double fault theater stage

more athletic

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