cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/515275
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.
I cook mostly asian food at home, and a lot of the dishes I make have sauces that are soy sauce based. I usually add it around the second half of cooking time, after cooking the meat/protein and mixing in the sauce ingredients (soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil, etc.). As the other comment said, be careful with the salt as soy sauce is already salty to begin with. I usually season with garlic, onions, and pepper only as the soy sauce takes care of the saltiness.