{"id":1195,"slug":"fish-sauce-vegan","title":"Fish Sauce (Vegan)","description":"This vegan fish sauce imitation is intended to mimic the umami flavor of the original, which is derived from anchovies.","ingredients_raw":["1 ½ cup shredded dried seaweed","4 cups water","3 very large cloves garlic, crushed but not peeled","1 ½ tbsp black peppercorns","½ cup dark Chinese soy sauce","Extra boiling water as needed"],"ingredients_norm":["dried seaweed","water","garlic","black peppercorn","dark chinese soy sauce","extra boiling water"],"steps":["Place the seaweed in a pot and add 4 cups of water.","Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat to keep it bubbling along.","Cook for 20 minutes.","Add the rest of the ingredients and enough water to make about 6 cups total in the pot.","Bring back to a boil, then boil fairly high for at least ½ hour.","At that point, begin to taste (just a little, though—it's strong).","When the stock is reduced by about half, it will be almost too salty to eat, and that means it is ready.","Strain through fine mesh or a coffee filter and allow to cool."],"categories":["Vegan recipes","Boiled recipes","Recipes for sauces and condiments","Recipes using seaweed"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":90,"servings":null,"yield_text":"3 cups","difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fish_Sauce_(Vegan)","source_ref":"4518912","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fish_Sauce_(Vegan)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"22f7d5f5d7ac1cfe77be490aa2e975e1c3cf138348131caf1991b84bb5fc3478","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fish-sauce-vegan"}