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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...
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
twinkling disturbing son of senegal
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
arousing center fanboi
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
bronze concupiscible sneaky criminal hominid
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
arousing center fanboi
  01/17/26
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Multi-colored coral alpha
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
Lascivious Market
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Curious Stock Car
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razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/16/26
thoo dark
domesticated useless hospital faggotry
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Curious Stock Car
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chestnut public bath
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Motley private investor pisswyrm
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
Fishy zippy corn cake
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Motley private investor pisswyrm
  01/17/26
ty
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  01/17/26
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balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen
  01/17/26
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narrow-minded brindle pistol
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
Up-to-no-good amethyst kitty cat
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
razzmatazz shivering associate address
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen
  01/17/26
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razzmatazz shivering associate address
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Up-to-no-good amethyst kitty cat
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more athletic
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: razzmatazz shivering associate address

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: twinkling disturbing son of senegal

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: razzmatazz shivering associate address

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: arousing center fanboi

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: razzmatazz shivering associate address

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: bronze concupiscible sneaky criminal hominid

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: arousing center fanboi

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: Multi-colored coral alpha



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen

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: razzmatazz shivering associate address

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Lascivious Market

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Curious Stock Car



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: razzmatazz shivering associate address



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: domesticated useless hospital faggotry

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Curious Stock Car



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: razzmatazz shivering associate address



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: chestnut public bath



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Motley private investor pisswyrm

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: Fishy zippy corn cake

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: razzmatazz shivering associate address

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Motley private investor pisswyrm

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: razzmatazz shivering associate address

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: narrow-minded brindle pistol



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good amethyst kitty cat

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: razzmatazz shivering associate address

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: balding cruel-hearted whorehouse liquid oxygen

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: razzmatazz shivering associate address



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good amethyst kitty cat



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: narrow-minded brindle pistol

more athletic

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