fish sauce an essential part of the diet in SE Asia and an essential ingredient for SE Asian cookery, is made by fermenting small, whole fish in vats of brine and drawing off the supernatant liquid, w

Though it’s best known as an ingredient in Southeast Asian cooking, fish sauce is not uncommon in Chinese cuisine. It is called “fish mist” in China, and is used by the Chiu Chow people in southern Ch

This bottled sauce is as fundamental to Southeast Asian cooking as soy sauce is to the cuisine of China. Fish sauce is made by allowing anchovies, other small fish, and occasionally squid to ferment i

fish sauce sauce made from fish or shellfish, usually by salting and fermenting them either whole or else the parts that would otherwise be discarded, such as blood and innards. Some are made with fre