What is this sweet, thick, soy-sauce-like condiment in China?

Kecap manis: Sweetened soy sauce, which has a thick syrupy consistency and a unique, pronounced, sweet somewhat treacle-like flavor due to generous addition of palm sugar. Regular soy with brown sugar and a trace of molasses added can substitute.

1. What is sweet soy sauce called?
2. Is Kikkoman soy sauce made in China?
3. What is thick soy sauce?
4. What soy sauce do they use in Chinese restaurants?
5. What is the best soy sauce?
6. Is Hoisin sweet soy sauce?
7. What is the best Chinese soy sauce?
8. Is Kikkoman the best soy sauce?
9. What is the oldest soy sauce company?
10. What can I substitute for thick soy sauce?
11. Which Dark soy sauce is thick?
12. What is the best soy sauce for fried rice?

What is sweet soy sauce called?

If you have a sweet tooth or you like Chinese, Thai or Japanese cuisine, chances are you'll love sweet soy sauce, also called kecap manis or ketjap manis.

Is Kikkoman soy sauce made in China?

Kikkoman has production plants and offices in Japan, the U.S., the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Canada. Kikkoman is the most popular brand of soy sauce in Japan and the United States. The village of Sappemeer in Groningen, the Netherlands, is the European headquarters of the company.

What is thick soy sauce?

Thick soy sauces (also called soy paste or soy jam) are sweeter and have a thicker consistency than dark soy sauce. That is due to the addition of sugar, more wheat in the fermentation process, and, sometimes, a starch thickener that is used to make it. It takes only a small amount to add flavor to fried rice dishes.

What soy sauce do they use in Chinese restaurants?

The soy sauces in the condiment holder on restaurant tables are all-purpose soy sauces. The regular soy sauces used by Chinese restaurants have only 4 ingredients of soybeans, wheat, water and salt, with sodium benzoate as the preservative.

What is the best soy sauce?

Here, the best soy sauces on the market.

• Best Overall: Yamaroku 4 Years Aged Kiku Bisiho Soy Sauce. ...
• Best Dark Soy: Lee Kum Kee Dark Soy Sauce. ...
• Best Low-Sodium: Kikkoman Less Sodium Soy Sauce. ...
• Best Tamari: San-J Tamari Gluten-Free Soy Sauce. ...
• Best Mushroom-Flavored: Lee Kum Kee Mushroom-Flavored Soy Sauce.

Is Hoisin sweet soy sauce?

Stir-Fry Bases

Another sauce comes to mind when you think of salty, sweet, and slightly thick: hoisin. But hoisin is thickened with cornstarch, while sweet soy sauce is naturally thick from reducing soy sauce and sugar together.

What is the best Chinese soy sauce?

Top 10 Soy Sauces

• Koon Chun Soy Sauces. Koon Chun Soy Sauces are our number one pick of Chinese soy sauces. ...
• Pearl River Bridge Soy Sauces. ...
• Lee Kum Kee Soy Sauces. ...
• Flavor-Enhanced Soy Sauces. ...
• Kikkoman Soy Sauces. ...
• San-J Soy Sauces. ...
• Wan Ja Shan Soy Sauces. ...
• Kimlan Soy Sauces.

Is Kikkoman the best soy sauce?

1. Kikkoman Soy Sauce (0.4 gallon) – Japanese Soy Sauce. This is an US-brewed soy sauce and we consider it to be at the top of our choices due to its all-purpose use. It's made from a traditional recipe, out of soybeans, wheat, water and salt and it's a kosher soy sauce.

What is the oldest soy sauce company?

It is not, by far, the oldest soy sauce company in Japan. That ranking goes to Kani, a soy sauce brewer on the island of Kyushu, which started its business in 1600 at about the time that the Japanese recipe for soy sauce was perfected.

What can I substitute for thick soy sauce?

If you can't find thick soy sauce in your local supermarket, then you can use oyster sauce as a substitute.

Which Dark soy sauce is thick?

Double Black Soy Sauce is basically soy sauce with added molasses, making it darker, thicker, and a bit sweet. You can see below that the light soy sauce on the left is pretty thin in consistency, while the dark soy sauce in the middle is thicker and darker.

What is the best soy sauce for fried rice?

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• a. acgold7 02/27/16 4:02PM. Kikkoman is fine. ...
• Ttrockwood 02/27/16 4:29PM. I use pearl river bridge brand soy sauce which i much prefer over kikkoman, i use it for cooking as well as dipping or at the table.