Korean cooking ingredients:

Fish sauce



You can use any kinds of other brand fish sauce, but it should be clear and brownish liquid.

14 Responses to “Fish sauce”:

  1. Anonymous:

    hi maangchi…Can I use Thai fish sauce?

    thnx

  2. Maangchi:

    anonymous,
    yes, you can use Thai fish sauce, too.

  3. Julia:

    Annyeong! I’m a vegetarian. Is there anything I can use as a substitute? Soy sauce seems to be way too strong. Thanks for letting me know. Do you have a MySpace account?

  4. Maangchi:

    vegetarian julia,
    soy sauce is made from soy beans. You can eat it. : )
    If you don’t like the flavor of soy sauce, why don’t you use just salt.

    I don’t have MySpace account. If you have questions, ask me through my blog. I will answer you asap.

    Thank you for your question!

  5. Julia:

    Oh, I’m sorry. I meant to ask if there are any vegetarian alternatives for fish sauce. What would you suggest?

  6. Maangchi:

    Julia,
    If you don’t like fish sauce, just skip it. That’s it. : )

  7. WinLovesRain:

    Hi Maangchi,

    I’m so glad to find your blog, always want to try the tofu dish! Is it ok if I use the Chinese tofu which comes in a square plastic box? As long as I use the soft kind?
    Thank you!!!

  8. alivia:

    hey maangchi,

    first off, thanks again for all of this. today i got all the ingredients for gamja jorim, job chae, and soon dubu jjigae. but, i wasn’t able to find fish sauce at my market for the jjigae. i’m in korea, can you type in the hangul for this fish sauce so that i can write it down and take it in to my market? thanks! and of course i’ll let you know how it goes… :)

    alivia

  9. Maangchi:

    alivia,
    oh, you are living in Korea now. You can get either “까나리 액젓” or “멸치 액젓”. 액젓 means fish sauce in Korean. Its color is brown and clear. Update me how it goes. I’m curious about your adventurous Korean cooking in Korea. : )

  10. alivia:

    wow, you reply so fast, thanks!

  11. Anonymous:

    Can I Make Fish Sauce At Home I Don’t Want To Waste My Money Tell Me How To Make Fish Sauce

  12. Maangchi:

    Anonymous,
    I don’t know how to make home made fish sauce.
    Go to the forum here and leave your question. Someone else might give you good answer.

    I used to make salty fermented anchovies (myulchi jeot: 멸치젓 in Korean) in Korea. I used fresh whole anchovies. After washing and draining, added sea salt to the anchovies and mixed them together. Then I put them in an earthenware and closed the lid.
    It takes about 3-4 months to get fermented fish. I used them for kimchi paste.

  13. indri:

    halloo maangchi….
    your videos really make my saliva drop….
    hahahaha….
    specially the sweet and crispy chicken wings….
    i really really want to make it…as soon as possible…
    but, it’s hardly to get the corn syrup here, in malaysia….
    so my q is….
    is it possible to make the sticky sauce without corn syrup????or anything to replace it???would the taste will be different???

    thx maangchi…..

    indri

  14. Maangchi:

    halloo hallo indri! : )
    Yes, just use sugar if you don’t have corn syrup.

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