Fish sauce anchovies among other ingredients. Fish sauce Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. It is used as a staple seasoning in the cuisines of Southeast and East Asia, particularly Indonesian, Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Thai, Lao, and Vietnamese. Following widespread recognition of its ability to impart a savory umami flavor to dishes, it has been embraced globally by chefs and home cooks. The "umami" flavor in fish sauce is due to its glutamate content. Soy sauce is regarded by some in the West as a vegetarian
Soup soy sauce beliefs that they drive away evil spirits. As the fermentation progresses, the brine acquires flavour and colour. This aged brine is boiled to become soy sauce, and the rest (aged "meju" chunks) is mashed to become soybean paste. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's "Food Code" classifies "hansik ganjang" into two categories by their ingredients: Depending on the length of aging, "hansik ganjang" can be divided into three main varieties: clear, middle, and dark. Soup soy sauce Guk-ganjang () or soup soy sauce is a type of Korean soy sauce ("ganjang") made entirely of fermented soybean ("meju") and