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Article: All about soy sauce. (different varieties and cooking techniques)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
- Article date:
- November 15, 1994
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There's more to soy sauce than meets the eye--at least at first glance.
That's because there are two broad categories of soy sauce, naturally brewed and nonbrewed. Says Barbara Tropp, chef-proprietor of China Moon restaurant, San Francisco, and cookbook author: "Without question, the naturally brewed soy sauce is superior. It's like wine: You can't make good wine without fermenting, and you can't make good soy sauce without fermenting and brewing."
BREWED VS. NONBREWED
Brewed soy sauce goes through three major steps. The first is called koji production, where select soybeans and wheat in equal quantities are heated; mixed with aspergillus, a ...