Hung Yen is not only a famous land with ancient temples, green rice fields but also a famous craft village that preserves the good cultural values of the Vietnamese people. That is Hung Yen soy sauce craft village.
Introduction of Hung Yen soy sauce craft village
Hung Yen cork soy sauce craft village is about 25km from Hanoi in Ban Yen Nhan town, My Hao district, Hung Yen. The profession of making soy sauce here has existed for a long time and is famous for its rich and delicious taste. In the past, there were many gourmets who ranked Hung Yen cork sauce on the list of the most outstanding specialties of the capital. Soy sauce is made from corn, rice, soybeans, etc. These are mostly simple ingredients and are available in the Northern countryside. The way to cook soy sauce is quite simple but requires meticulousness, so the sauce here is delicious compared to other regions.
Soybean craft village is located in Ban Yen Nhan town, My Hao commune, Hung Yen 
This is a famous craft village tourist spot in the North
Currently, Hung Yen soy sauce craft village has about 300 workers according to the profession with an income of about 300k – 350k/month. Unlike the traditional way of making soy sauce, people in the village now use many technological machines to increase the productivity and quality of the dish. The profession of making soy sauce in My Hao district has created jobs for hundreds of people.
Currently, there are hundreds of employees who are still doing soy sauce cooking
Arriving in Hung Yen , you will see a whole street selling soy sauce and making soy sauce at home. There are many stalls selling at home, and there are counters that rent large premises. The poor sauces here are all presented by households in the village to produce, they have been handed down the craft from previous generations. With quality and love for the job, many households have been making soy sauce for decades.
There are many households that have been engaged in making soy sauce for decades Hung Yen soy sauce craft village – the taste of hometown cuisine
Referring to the Hung Yen soy sauce craft village , we refer to the famous specialty of the famous soy sauce. In the past, this sauce was used to advance to the king and was loved by many people for many generations.
Hung Yen Soy Sauce is a very famous specialty 
This is the specialty that was used to advance the king
Soy sauce in Hung Yen has a strong hometown flavor with the aroma of soybeans, glutinous rice, the rich taste of salt and iridescent golden brown color. It is also the special taste that this dish has become the pride of local people and entered into poetry and music in the most natural way.
Hung Yen cork sauce has a very delicious taste
Today, despite the rapid development of society and more and more new dishes being introduced, soy sauce is still an indispensable dipping sauce in the rice tray of many rural families in the North. For many people who are far from home, sometimes just thinking about a cozy meal with a bowl of dipping sauce will make them want to go home immediately.
This is an indispensable dipping sauce in many families’ rice trays Learn the process of making soy sauce at Hung Yen’s craft village
Coming to Hung Yen , visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the process of making this divine sauce. The ingredients for making soy sauce are easy to find, but the cooking process is quite meticulous and takes a long time. To be able to produce fragrant, golden soy sauce bowls, it requires a lot of techniques and experience of each household. The average time to cook a batch of soy sauce takes about 1 to 2 months. The time it takes to reach maturity depends a lot on whether the weather is sunny or not.
The sauce will be cooked for about 1-2 months
Cooking soy sauce consists of 3 main stages: making sticky rice to mold, turning the beans and incubating the soy sauce. First, the cook will let the sticky rice soak clean and then cook it into sticky sticky rice. When the sticky rice is cooked, dig it out and leave it for about 2 days and 2 nights until the sticky rice turns yellow. There are many households still brewing sticky rice in longan leaves to make the sticky rice more fragrant.
Cook sticky rice and leave it to yellow mold
Next, the soybeans will be roasted until golden brown. In the past, most of this process would be done manually, when roasted, it would be mixed with sand to make the beans crispy, golden and more fragrant. However, today, people take the roasted soybeans by the bread oven to save time and increase productivity while still keeping the taste. When the soybeans are finished roasting, grind them into small pieces and then soak them in water for about 7 to 10 days. When the beans turn red, it’s ok.
The process of cooking soy sauce must go through many meticulous stages 
Soybean is the main ingredient to cook soy sauce
Soak the soy sauce in the crock pot and water the sticky rice until it is moldy and leave it for 1 more day and 1 night. Enough time, put the sticky rice in the bean jar with fine salt, stir well and bring it to dry in the sun. Sunshine is always an important factor determining the delicious taste of soy sauce. The bigger the sun, the more ripe the soybean is, the more golden it is. If the sun is weak, the color will be dull, the fragrance will be less and long-lasting. Therefore, summer is the best time to make soy sauce.
Summer is the best time to make the best sauce
Soybean in Hung Yen craft village will usually be dried in the sun for about 1 month. During this time, the cook must carefully monitor each jar of soy sauce. Every day, have to open the jar, stir well, add water. When it is sunny, dry the soy sauce, if it rains, cover it to prevent rainwater from entering the jar.
Stir the soy sauce during the sun drying process 
People will have to “take care” of the jars very carefully
When the soy sauce is compared with a dark yellow color, rich sweetness, sticky sticky rice seeds soften, the soy sauce is cooked. At this time, people will bottle it and distribute it.
When the sauce is cooked, it will be bottled and sold 
Soy sauce has a dark yellow color
Despite going through many ups and downs of social change, the people of Hung Yen soy sauce craft village still keep, spread the fire and protect the beauty of the traditional craft village. If you have the opportunity, please visit this place to find the most simple and dearest things.
Source: Collected internet.