To put gravy browning homemade in stirfry/chow mein/fried rice

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I am always trying to recreate healthier versions of takeaway when I made fried rice it never goes that lovely brown colour dispite the amount of soy sauce that goes in. Well tonight ....I only had a few tablespoons of soy sauce and next to it was the gravy browning I braved it and put a few tiny drops in......GAMECHANGER!!! My tea looked like it came straight from the chippy obviously more ingredients went in that just them .....it was absolutely lovely ...honest try it

Have you tried sesame oil it works great for colour and flavour

I have not tried sesame oil but will definitely try it I normally toast some in a pan to scatter over the top with fresh spring onions.

You need dark soy sauce for the colour it’s basically Chinese gravy browning. Light soy is for flavouring and never gives the deep colourisation

Are you using light soy sauce? I use proper thick dark one and little bit of it gives it awesome flavour and colour. 2 meal portions, 1 tablespoon I would say.

Yes tried the dark one too but its thin not thick.

Use some oyster sauce to make it darker.