Fishy Sauce

Name: Fishy Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1½ cups soy (360 ml) Soy Sauce; 4 large or 6 small dried shiitake Dried Shiitake; 200 g Oyster Mushroo; about 1½ shallots (60 g) Shallot; 4 garlic cloves Garlic; 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Dashima; 2 Tbsp mirin (30 ml) Mirin; 2 Tbsp balsamic (30 ml) Balsamic; 2 Tbsp rice vinegar (30 ml) Rice Vinegar; 1 Tbsp mushroom sauce (15 ml) Mushroom Sauce; 2 tsp black peppercorns (10 ml) Peppercorn; 3 cups water (720 ml) Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Joanne Lee Molinaro recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Joanne Lee Molinaro.

CONDIMENT · ANYWHERE FISH SAUCE IS USED

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for Korean Vegan.

Molinaro's vegan fishy sauce, a plant-based fish sauce.

On the jar

FISHY

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 12

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Soy Sauce 360 mlDashima 15 mlMirin 30 mlBalsamic 30 mlRice Vinegar 30 mlMushroom Sauce 15 ml

Ingredients

Soy Sauce1½ cups soy (360 ml)
Dried Shiitake4 large or 6 small dried shiitake
Oyster Mushroo200 g
Shallotabout 1½ shallots (60 g)
Garlic4 garlic cloves
Dashima1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Mirin2 Tbsp mirin (30 ml)
Balsamic2 Tbsp balsamic (30 ml)
Rice Vinegar2 Tbsp rice vinegar (30 ml)
Mushroom Sauce1 Tbsp mushroom sauce (15 ml)
Peppercorn2 tsp black peppercorns (10 ml)
Water3 cups water (720 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Joanne Lee Molinaro is a cookbook author working in Korean / plant-based; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2022 (The Korean Vegan Cookbook).

Adapted from a Joanne Lee Molinaro recipe (Joanne Lee Molinaro / Epicurious (Korean Vegan)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Joanne Lee Molinaro / Epicurious (Korean Vegan) (published as “Fishy Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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