Soy sauce is fermented, meaning it can preserve itself
Soy sauce is a staple ingredient within Asian cooking, and there’s a high chance that you’ve got a bottle in your kitchen. Yet, where do you keep it? What you might not realize about soy sauce is that it’s actually made during a fermentation process and therefore needs to be stored a little differently from other sauces.
The fermentation process acts as a form of preservation, which means that soy sauce doesn’t need to make its way into the refrigerator. This fermentation will allow the sauce to reside in your pantry for months or even years on end and will make sure that it won’t spoil the flavor, the smell, or the texture.
