Sauces & condiments · sauce

Usukuchi soy sauce

Also called light-coloured soy sauce, light-colored soy sauce, Japanese light soy sauce, usukuchi shoyu

Japanese light-coloured soy sauce, saltier than koikuchi but paler; seasons clear broths and simmered vegetables without darkening them.

VeganVegetarianDairy-freeContains: soy and gluten

What can replace it

  • T1 · Great swapLight soy sauce
  • T2 · GoodKorean soup soy sauce

    Funkier and very salty; use a little less. (use 0.8× the amount)

  • T2 · GoodSoy sauce

    Darker and less salty; colours the food more.

  • T3 · In a pinchShiro dashi

    Diluted with dashi and less salty; use more. (use 1.5× the amount)

Cook with Usukuchi soy sauce

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