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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...
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/16/26
I always assumed they just continued to ferment it for longe...
Aquamarine Cowardly Pozpig Yarmulke
  01/16/26
I bet someone here knows. My dark is younger than my light i...
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/16/26
Light soy sauce is for salt. Dark is for color and subtle fl...
vigorous multi-billionaire elastic band
  01/16/26
I’m genuinely curious about the sauces
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/16/26
It's not subtle in flavor. It adds substantial umami. Great ...
Painfully honest hospital hunting ground
  01/16/26
Agreed, but a flavor that is not "cheese" or "...
vigorous multi-billionaire elastic band
  01/17/26
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Confused crotch stage
  01/17/26
I understand it the same way as rear naked choke tp. “...
french blue range
  01/16/26
Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/16/26
I rike-a soy sauce on my real American steak!
Poppy shitlib public bath
  01/16/26
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Onyx Soul-stirring Private Investor Step-uncle's House
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Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/16/26
thoo dark
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Onyx Soul-stirring Private Investor Step-uncle's House
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Vivacious flushed base prole
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tan arousing office sneaky criminal
  01/17/26
its ying and yang for soy sauce. light v dark. thinner v thi...
Odious den pocket flask
  01/17/26
You're a great poster imo
Shimmering shrine sex offender
  01/17/26
Interesting. Is there dark soy sauce that doesn’t use ...
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/17/26
among chinese soy sauces, no. chinese dark soy sauces will a...
Odious den pocket flask
  01/17/26
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french blue range
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Green pit
  01/17/26
BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.
massive gaping
  01/17/26
MSG is 180. I add it to pretty much everything you’d p...
Vivacious flushed base prole
  01/17/26
a little sprinkle of msg along with salt in scrambled eggs i...
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Date: January 16th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Vivacious flushed base prole

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: Aquamarine Cowardly Pozpig Yarmulke

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: Vivacious flushed base prole

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: vigorous multi-billionaire elastic band

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: Vivacious flushed base prole

I’m genuinely curious about the sauces

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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:40 PM
Author: Painfully honest hospital hunting ground

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: vigorous multi-billionaire elastic band

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: Confused crotch stage



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Date: January 16th, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: french blue range

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: Vivacious flushed base prole

Dark is way more savory though. It’s crazy

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Poppy shitlib public bath

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

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Onyx Soul-stirring Private Investor Step-uncle's House



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Vivacious flushed base prole



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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Indecent voyeur potus

thoo dark

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Date: January 16th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: Onyx Soul-stirring Private Investor Step-uncle's House



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Date: January 16th, 2026 10:32 PM
Author: Vivacious flushed base prole



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: tan arousing office sneaky criminal



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Date: January 17th, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: Odious den pocket flask

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: Shimmering shrine sex offender

You're a great poster imo

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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Vivacious flushed base prole

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

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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Odious den pocket flask

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: Vivacious flushed base prole

ty

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: french blue range



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



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: massive gaping

BTW, using straight MSG is underrated.

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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: Vivacious flushed base prole

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: french blue range

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: Vivacious flushed base prole



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Date: January 18th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: massive gaping



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

more athletic

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