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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...
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
citrine degenerate goyim
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
Appetizing Orange People Who Are Hurt
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
provocative cream new version
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
Appetizing Orange People Who Are Hurt
  01/17/26
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hairraiser mediation
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
Cyan swashbuckling black woman
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
Zombie-like temple jewess
  01/16/26
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Costumed ungodly internal respiration tanning salon
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Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/16/26
thoo dark
Diverse pit deer antler
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Costumed ungodly internal respiration tanning salon
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Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
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Mustard dashing kitty forum
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Naked House
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
Free-loading digit ratio property
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Naked House
  01/17/26
ty
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Cyan swashbuckling black woman
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heady sienna national security agency home
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
ebony selfie
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
Cyan swashbuckling black woman
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Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich
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ebony selfie
  01/18/26
more athletic
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

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: citrine degenerate goyim

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: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

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: Appetizing Orange People Who Are Hurt

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: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: provocative cream new version

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: Appetizing Orange People Who Are Hurt

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: hairraiser mediation



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Cyan swashbuckling black woman

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: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Zombie-like temple jewess

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Costumed ungodly internal respiration tanning salon



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Diverse pit deer antler

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Costumed ungodly internal respiration tanning salon



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Mustard dashing kitty forum



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Naked House

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: Free-loading digit ratio property

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Naked House

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: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Cyan swashbuckling black woman



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: heady sienna national security agency home



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: ebony selfie

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich

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: Cyan swashbuckling black woman

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: Chrome Racy Hell Sandwich



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: ebony selfie



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: heady sienna national security agency home

more athletic

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