# Can you make "soy" sauce with other beans?

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**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-soy-sauce-with-other-beans/847122 "2020-01-28T19:52:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-soy-sauce-with-other-beans/847122/1 "2020-01-28T19:52:28Z")

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One of my favorite Thai ingredients is fermented yellow beans. They add a really nice taste to stir fry dishes. It’s a umami taste similar to soy sauce. This got me to thinking that beans in general may ferment into something delicious. So can I transform my green beans into green sauce?

Dennis

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-soy-sauce-with-other-beans/847122/2 "2020-01-29T16:49:29Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> One of my favorite Thai ingredients is fermented yellow beans. They add a really nice taste to stir fry dishes. It’s a umami taste similar to soy sauce. This got me to thinking that beans in general may ferment into something delicious. So can I transform my green beans into green sauce?
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> Dennis

Well your green beans are very little actual bean, being mostly just pod, so my WAG would be no for those.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-soy-sauce-with-other-beans/847122/3 "2020-01-29T16:59:17Z")

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Well green beans are just immature versions of the normal pantry beans we use, Great Northerns are very common for example, so you would probably want to get them grow up first.

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**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-soy-sauce-with-other-beans/847122/4 "2020-01-29T17:39:25Z")

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Maggi seasoning is wheat based.