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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...
spectacular range clown
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
Nubile Headpube Box Office
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
spectacular range clown
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
Razzmatazz cuckold lay
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
spectacular range clown
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Cracking azn pistol
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
Razzmatazz cuckold lay
  01/17/26
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irradiated heaven cumskin
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
chartreuse federal locus
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
spectacular range clown
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
stubborn slate generalized bond pozpig
  01/16/26
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Buck-toothed hospital
  01/16/26
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spectacular range clown
  01/16/26
thoo dark
bat shit crazy fighting goal in life
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Buck-toothed hospital
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spectacular range clown
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pearly library blood rage
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
House-broken den digit ratio
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
avocado cruise ship trust fund
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
spectacular range clown
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
House-broken den digit ratio
  01/17/26
ty
spectacular range clown
  01/17/26
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chartreuse federal locus
  01/17/26
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coral giraffe meetinghouse
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
bronze elite feces
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
spectacular range clown
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
chartreuse federal locus
  01/17/26
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spectacular range clown
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bronze elite feces
  01/18/26
more athletic
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: spectacular range clown

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: Nubile Headpube Box Office

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: spectacular range clown

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: Razzmatazz cuckold lay

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: spectacular range clown

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Cracking azn pistol

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: Razzmatazz cuckold lay

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: irradiated heaven cumskin



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: chartreuse federal locus

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: spectacular range clown

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: stubborn slate generalized bond pozpig

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Buck-toothed hospital



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: spectacular range clown



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: bat shit crazy fighting goal in life

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Buck-toothed hospital



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: spectacular range clown



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: pearly library blood rage



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: House-broken den digit ratio

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: avocado cruise ship trust fund

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: spectacular range clown

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: House-broken den digit ratio

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: spectacular range clown

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: chartreuse federal locus



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: coral giraffe meetinghouse



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

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: spectacular range clown

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: chartreuse federal locus

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: spectacular range clown



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



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: coral giraffe meetinghouse

more athletic

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