use brown sugar -- or a brown sugar syrup, which will be easier to mix in. For a milder bite to the sour part of your sauce, ...

Continue stirring gently until the sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon and turned a dark brown colour. Remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla seeds or extract.

When it comes to soy sauce, there are plenty of excellent options available commercially, but chefs everywhere have decided that making their ... with the husk from the brown rice that the company ...