Cooking Tips: Soy Sauce Selection
Soy Sauce Selection
Japanese Shoyu
Dark
-rich
-less salty
-all purpose
Light
-sweet
-saltier compared to dark shoyu
-more intense flavor
-good for making a sauce
Tamari
-strong flavor
-mostly Gluten Free because it is not made with wheat
-good as a dipping sauce
Shiro 白醬油
-light color and light flavor
-good dipping sauce for white fish sashimi and shiro ramen
Chinese Soy Sauce
Dark 老抽
-rich flavor
-less salty
-may have added sugar in it
Light 生抽
-thinner in texture compared to dark soy sauce
-all purpose
Low sodium soy sauce
It am using low sodium sauce but I did not know that there are more chemical used to process it. So, I am making a change to the old fashion fementated soy sauce even I don't use a lot of soy sauce in the first place.
Conclusion, I personaly will look for the soy sauce with simple ingredients. It is most likely to be made in Japan. My secondary selection is a soy sauce made in Taiwan. It is sad to say I cannot tell what is ok to eat if the product is made in China. No more low sodium. It will just buy the more simple and higher quality soy sauce and use less to control my sodium intake.
Japanese Shoyu
Dark
-rich
-less salty
-all purpose
Light
-sweet
-saltier compared to dark shoyu
-more intense flavor
-good for making a sauce
Tamari
-strong flavor
-mostly Gluten Free because it is not made with wheat
-good as a dipping sauce
Shiro 白醬油
-light color and light flavor
-good dipping sauce for white fish sashimi and shiro ramen
Chinese Soy Sauce
Dark 老抽
-rich flavor
-less salty
-may have added sugar in it
Light 生抽
-thinner in texture compared to dark soy sauce
-all purpose
Low sodium soy sauce
It am using low sodium sauce but I did not know that there are more chemical used to process it. So, I am making a change to the old fashion fementated soy sauce even I don't use a lot of soy sauce in the first place.
Conclusion, I personaly will look for the soy sauce with simple ingredients. It is most likely to be made in Japan. My secondary selection is a soy sauce made in Taiwan. It is sad to say I cannot tell what is ok to eat if the product is made in China. No more low sodium. It will just buy the more simple and higher quality soy sauce and use less to control my sodium intake.
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