fish sauce

[ fish saws ]

noun

1. a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in East and Southeast Asian cuisine.

Example Sentences

Rice, fish sauce and onions — they’re staples in my kitchen.

From Salon

My secret weapon is fish sauce — it’s magic.

From Salon

It’s hard to pick just one, but if I had to, it would be Red Boat Fish Sauce — I use it in lots of recipes and could practically drink it for breakfast.

From Salon

"And actually, more excitingly there was evidence that they made a fermented fish sauce, and fish sauce was like the Roman tomato sauce, that they used on absolutely everything," Mr Biddulph said.

From BBC

"While the Romans had to wait centuries for pasta, they chowed down on dormice in fish sauce," he said.

From BBC