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how do you cook with soy sauce? (linux.community)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I like making soups and porridges. I usually add salt and pepper at the beginning to add flavor. Recently, a friend gave me a bottle of soy sauce and Im experimenting with it.

What would it make more sense? to add the soy sauce with the other ingredients before the mix boils, while boiling or only to add it before serving?

Another question is: should I use salt if I use soy sauce? Apparently, this sauce has a lot of sodium.

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[โ€“] flipthetube 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use low sodium tamari exclusively, before, during, and/or after cooking. Should I get a cheap soy sauce to use instead for cooking?

[โ€“] weeeeum 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They are similar enough to be used in the same manner. If you prefer the tamari's flavour more than "cooking" soy sauce then you can continue using it.

Food is your art and you can do whatever the hell you want with it. I did a fair amount of "fine dining" but that never stopped me dipping my fries in milkshakes or eating char sui with a side of American turkey stuffing. I'd never dare serve it to guests but you have lots of freedom nonetheless in cooking.

Also small exception, if it's really expensive tamari then it's best used for finishing. Any soy sauce can be cooked with, it's mostly economical reasons to use the cheap kind. When cooked (and flavour slightly degraded), soy sauce is often a slightly mellow background flavour, and expensive soy sauce does not enhance it very much.