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Make the perfect fish sauce alternative following this easy Vegan Fish Sauce recipe! Using only 5 ingredients including water, this simple vegan fish sauce substitute is easy to make and packed with flavor. Use it as a substitute for fish sauce in all your favorite dishes, including soups, marinades, curries, stir-fry recipes, and more!
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Vegan Substitute for Fish Sauce
Fish sauce adds the perfect balance of salty flavor to a stir-fry, and I love it in homemade ramen or pho, but I've always been at a loss when I don't have it on hand or need a substitute for my vegan friends!
That is, until this vegan substitute for fish sauce. It's the perfect vegan fish sauce recipe, using a savory blend of mushrooms, tamari, seaweed, chickpea miso, and garlic for a flavorful sauce you will love!
I guarantee you will love this fish sauce recipe so much, you'll find yourself using it even if you aren't vegan yourself. It is just so tasty!
Vegan Fish Sauce Ingredients
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Tamari sauce
- Wakame seaweed
- Chickpea miso paste
- Garlic
- Water
How to Make Fish Sauce Vegan
- Slice the mushrooms.
- Take a small saucepan and add the water to it, along with the sliced mushrooms, seaweed, peeled garlic cloves, tamari sauce, and miso paste.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature. Once cool, strain the sauce into a mason jar or other airtight container of your preference.
Vegan Fish Sauce Recipe Tips
- If you have time, let the ingredients steep overnight or for up to 24 hours before straining to extract extra flavor.
- You can use dried shiitake instead of fresh for a deeper flavor.
- You can use soy miso instead of chickpea miso if you prefer.
- For a soy-free fish sauce, replace the tamari with coconut aminos.
Vegan Fish Sauce Substitute FAQs
Vegan fish sauce uses a combination of mushrooms, garlic, water, seaweed, tamari, and chickpea miso paste to achieve the same flavors as fish sauce while remaining completely vegan. You can also use coconut aminos instead of tamari to make the recipe soy-free.
Vegan fish sauce has a slightly different flavor than non-vegan fish sauce, but is very flavorful and tasty as a fish sauce substitute, as well as being easy to make at home and achieve similar results with. You may even find you enjoy it more than non-vegan fish sauce.
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Fish Sauce
Equipment
- 1 Knife and cutting board
- 1 Saucepan
- 1 Strainer
- 1 Fork
- 1 Jar
Ingredients
- ½ cup shiitake mushroom fresh or dried
- ¼ cup tamari
- 1 cup wakame seaweed
- 1¼ teaspoons chickpea miso
- 4 cloves garlic peeled
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- Slice the mushrooms.½ cup shiitake mushroom
- Take a small saucepan and add the water to it, along with the sliced mushrooms, seaweed, peeled garlic cloves, tamari sauce, and miso paste.¼ cup tamari, 1 cup wakame seaweed, 1¼ teaspoons chickpea miso, 4 cloves garlic, 4 cups water
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature. Once cool, strain the sauce into a mason jar or other airtight container of your preference.
Notes
- If you have time, let the ingredients steep overnight or for up to 24 hours before straining to extract extra flavor.
- You can use dried shiitake instead of fresh for a deeper flavor.
- You can use soy miso instead of chickpea miso if you prefer.
- For a soy-free fish sauce, replace the tamari with coconut aminos.
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