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20463043 No.20463043 [Reply] [Original]

Recipe wants me to mix 2 tbs of dark soy sauce and 2 tbs of light soy sauce...but isnt light soy sauce just more diluted dark soy sauce? Do I need to purchase 2 separate fuking soy sauces or can I just water down dark soy sauce and use it instead?

>> No.20463047
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20463047

Just use 4 tbs of medium soy sauce doofus

>> No.20463051
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>>20463043
yeah nah, they're not similar. light soy sauce is watery but strong and salty; dark soy sauce is thicker and full of flavour but not very salty at all. dark soy sauce adds some dark dimensions of flavour to a dish but primarily it's used for colour, while light soy sauce provides the soy sossy punch we all know and love. they're not the same and bing bongs shouldn't have named them both soy sauce.

>> No.20463056

>>20463043
I'm impressed you made such a dumbass post

>> No.20463062

>>20463051
sounds like i can just use caramel coloring instead

>> No.20463066

>>20463062
you honestly can, although dark soy does have a very earthy glutamate flavour which adds something. but you are using very little of it and I find its own flavour gets mostly overpowered by everything else

>> No.20463070

>>20463056
don't be, retardation is natural for retards

>> No.20464197

>>20463051
>>20463056
I dont believe you Mr Chang you sound like big soy shill who wants me to pay twice for the same product

>> No.20464239

>>20463043
>but isnt light soy sauce just more diluted dark soy sauce?
No it isn't.
>Do I need to purchase 2 separate fuking soy sauces
You can't. Light soy sauce isn't available outside of Japan.

>> No.20464240

>>20463043
just use 4tbs of whatever soy you have it's probably fine

>> No.20464282

>>20463043
You really can't get the same flavor/color profile unless you combine them.
>2 tbs of dark soy sauce
Can't think of anything that I would want this much dark soy in. Most recipes use a teaspoon at most, unless you're cooking up some giant dish for 20 people.