Soy sauce: A beginner's guide to one of the world's favorite ingredients
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From chow mein to sashimi, some dishes just wouldn't taste the same without soy sauce. We chat with the owner of one of Hong Kong's oldest soy sauce brands to find out why not all bottles are created equal.
Hong Kong (CNN) — From Cantonese chow mein and Thai pad see ew to Japanese nigiri sushi, many of the dishes we know and love just wouldn't taste the same without soy sauce.
But not all bottles of this essential dark, savory condiment are created equal, with a huge variety of flavors and brands available -- some of higher quality than others.
Though soy sauce is produced in factories around the world these days, the majority of the soy sauces on supermarket shelves are either Chinese or Japanese in origin and mainly consist of soybeans, salt, water and wheat flour (or whole wheat, for some).
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