Yu Ding Xing

御鼎興單品油膏組合

Name: Yu Ding Xing Single-Origin Bundle
Brand: Yu Ding Xing
SKU: YX02BN03
Price: 47.50 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)

Yu Ding Xing Single-Origin Bundle

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Amber River (Sugar Free)

Amber River

These condiments are the cream of the crop among Yu Ding Xing's Taiwanese-style soy sauces and soy pastes—all made from Taiwan-grown black soybeans sourced from a single farmer near Taipei.

Amber River Soy Sauce is handmade the traditional way, using single-origin Taiwanese black soybeans (Tainan #5). Because it's made using black soybeans, which are mellower and sweeter than their yellow counterpart, the brew has deep umami. Its mellow, chocolate-y, and umami flavor shines straight out the bottle, so you can use it as a dip or a finishing drizzle over light dishes like steamed fish. Choose between the regular version and the sugar-free version.

The Soy Paste with Glutinous Rice Grains is a uniquely Taiwanese ingredient made from cooking soy sauce with rice starch to give it body. The end result is similar in texture to oyster sauce, with a deeply umami and sweet soy flavor. Versatile in nature, this soy paste can be used as a dipping sauce, a glaze for barbecue, or a seasoning for stir-fries. It also tastes great in marinades.

Contents:

Amber River Soy Sauce, a gluten-free Taiwanese-style soy sauce made using native Taiwanese black soybeans and aged for 450 days; choose between the regular version and the sugar-free one.

Soy Paste with Glutinous Rice Grains, a condiment made by thickening Yu Ding Xing's 450-day-aged soy sauce with glutinous rice, preserving the rice grains for texture.

Tasting Notes and Usage

Amber River Soy Sauce: salty, umami, mellow, with chocolate and barnyard undertones

Use as a dip for sashimi or a finishing soy sauce, drizzled over lightly flavored dishes like steamed fish or congee.

Soy Paste with Glutinous Rice Grains: sweet, salty, umami, with chocolate undertones

Use it as a dip, a glaze, or for finishing stir-fries. Amazing when paired with Su Chili Crisp as a finishing sauce

Ingredients and Instructions

Amber River Soy Sauce: water, single origin Taiwanese black soy beans, sea salt, sugar
Amber River Soy Sauce (Sugar Free): water, single origin Taiwanese black soy beans, sea salt

Soy Paste with Glutinous Rice Grains: water, single-origin non-GMO Taiwanese black beans, rice, sea salt, sugar

About Yu Ding Xing

Yu Ding Xing 御鼎興 is a family-run brewery in Xi Luo, Taiwan that has been operating since 1947. They hand make all their soy sauces and soy pastes the traditional way, using earthenware vats, many of which have been in use for decades. You can learn more about their history in our documentary Time, Terroir, Taiwan.

Specifications and Dimensions

Gross Weight: 3.1 lbs / 1412 g

SKU: YX02BN03

REUSABLE POUR SPOUT

FOR A NO-MESS POUR

Save $1 on a single pour spout for each bottle of soy sauce purchased. Discount applies automatically in cart.

Not suitable for soy pastes, which already flow slowly.

STARTING WITH THE RIGHT BEAN

Taiwanese soy sauce begins with the black soybean. Compared to yellow soybean, its higher protein content produces deeper umami flavor when fermented. Yu Ding Xing also produces soy sauce in the Chinese and Japanese traditions using a blend of soybeans.

INTRODUCING KOJI culture

After the soybeans are pressure cooked, Yu Ding Xing inoculates them with koji culture. For Taiwanese-style soy sauce, they add toasted rice bran to assist the koji with fermentation, whereas for Chinese or Japanese-style soy sauce, they add wheat.

Fermenting Flavor in Clay Vats

Following a few days of initial fermentation, the beans are rinsed, mixed with sea salt and water, then packed into a terracotta vat to ferment under the sun for at least six months. Many vats at Yu Ding Xing are decades-old.

ROASTING OVER A WOOD FIRE

The brew is extracted from the vat, pressed, then heated over a wood fire to stop the fermentation process. Although labor-intensive, slow-cooking the soy sauce over a fire enhances its flavor.