Base for tofu and tempeh (3)

I believe the answer is:

soy

(Other definitions for soy that I've seen before include "Chinese sauce" , "Sauce bean" , "Piquant eastern sauce" , "Oriental sauce" , "Dark salty sauce" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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