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Cara Cara Chile Finishing Soy Sauce - 2025

Cara Cara Chile Finishing Soy Sauce - 2025

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Another favorite flavor combination of mine is orange and chile. There is something about these flavors that adds a punch of sunshine to anything savory. In this iteration, I steep a concoction of fresh and dried orange peels, dried New Mexico Red Chile Peppers, and Sichuan Peppercorns in my Original Finishing Soy Sauce to make a vibrant, citrus-forward, slightly red-tinged liquid burst of deliciousness. 

* The red chile microparticles in this sauce may settle when not in use. Just swirl the bottle to mix before using.

About The Finishing Sauce

This is an unpasteurized traditional soy sauce that is lighter in color than store-bought soy sauces and noticeably less salty, made with only four ingredients. It is aged for a minimum of six months in a water and kosher salt brine, allowing the combination of organic soybeans and hand-toasted wheat inoculated with a strain of Aspergillis Oryzae from Japan to develop an umami flavor that is unlike any commercial soy sauce.

This batch of 2024-2025 sauce goes back to a fermentation method I first used in 2023. I had moved to a less-oxygenated environment in 2024, which added some fruity notes but reduced the overall umami goodness. My lead fermenting vessel Roy lovingly massaged the moromi (soybeans, ground toasted wheat, koji and salt water) in his belly (a semi-closed environment) for 6 months. Pressing was done by hand utilizing the pressure of a 3-ton hand operated cider press. This becomes my Original Finishing Sauce, which is used as the base for my infused varieties.

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