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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...
Wonderful tantric tattoo resort
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
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  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Wonderful tantric tattoo resort
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
exciting dragon
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Wonderful tantric tattoo resort
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Curious sepia office
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
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Razzmatazz turdskin
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
Sickened comical hospital cuckoldry
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
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I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
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thoo dark
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180 mischievous point
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its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
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Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
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among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
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BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
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a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

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: anal heaven national security agency

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: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

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: exciting dragon

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: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Curious sepia office

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: exciting dragon

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: Razzmatazz turdskin



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Sickened comical hospital cuckoldry

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: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Beady-eyed sneaky criminal

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: bistre property



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Rose Mad Cow Disease

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: bistre property



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: 180 mischievous point



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Transparent aphrodisiac university generalized bond

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: sick charismatic chad native

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Transparent aphrodisiac university generalized bond

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: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Sickened comical hospital cuckoldry



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:45 PM
Author: Green giraffe center



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: harsh stimulating meetinghouse

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort

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: Sickened comical hospital cuckoldry

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: Wonderful tantric tattoo resort



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: harsh stimulating meetinghouse



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: Green giraffe center

more athletic

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