Sunday
Aug072011
Soy Sauce: A Key
August 7, 2011 at 9:33 The more Asian cooking I do, the more varied the ingredients become and it is often difficult to tell them apart. Here's my own key to soy sauce:
- Koikuchi Shoyu (Regular Soy Sauce) - This is dark. The regular soy sauce easily found. I use this often.
- Usukuchi Shoyu (Light Soy Sauce) - This is lighter but saltier. I usually cook with this. If you are in the store in the US, usually you can tell the difference if the labels are not in English by bottle color. Koikuchi tends to be bottled in red; usukuchi in yellow.
- Shiro Shoyu (White Soy Sauce) - I have never found this but have only had one occasion where it has been called for.
Apparently, you can dilute soy sauce with dashi or sake to cut the salt/color if the above are unavailable. I usually only keep koikuchi and usukuchi on hand. Anyone who knows where to obtain shiro shoyu, leave me a note!