How is Dark Soy Sauce used in Thai cooking?

Dark soy sauce is thicker, blacker, and sweeter than the everyday light kind, with less salt and a deep, almost molasses richness. Its main job is colour and body: a spoonful gives noodle dishes and braises that glossy dark-caramel look and a rounded, savoury-sweet flavour. A little is enough to transform how a dish looks and tastes. We use it alongside light soy, not instead of it - light brings the salt, dark brings the colour and depth.

Can I cook with Dark Soy Sauce in a Chiang Mai cooking class?

Yes - we use Dark Soy Sauce in our hands-on classes. Explore them on our Cooking Classes page.

Dark Soy Sauce - Thai Pantry Essentials | Thai Akha Kitchen

Dark soy sauce is thicker, blacker, and sweeter than the everyday light kind, with less salt and a deep, almost molasses richness. Its main job is colour…

Dark Soy Sauce - Thai Pantry Essentials | Thai Akha Kitchen Dark soy sauce is thicker, blacker, and sweeter than the everyday light kind, with less salt and a deep, almost molasses richness. Its main job is colour…