Dark Soy Sauce Substitution

5 from 6 votes

If you don't have dark soy sauce, you can substitute a mixture of regular soy sauce, molasses and sugar, or double black soy sauce. You can even make your own gluten-free dark soy sauce. See recipe card below for details!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Condiments

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Calories: 18kcal

Ingredients

2 teaspoons soy sauce (regular or light soy sauce or gluten-free soy sauce)
1/2 teaspoon molasses
1/8 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

Substitution Option A:

Double black soy sauce, mushroom flavored dark soy sauce, Thai black soy sauce (all can be used interchangeably with dark soy sauce)

Substitution Option B:

2 teaspoons regular soy sauce (or gluten-free soy sauce) mixed with 1/2 teaspoon molasses and 1/8 teaspoon sugar.

Nutrition

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