I am allergic to fish and sea food, are there substitutes to fish or oyster sauce
I love Asian food but have an allergy to all fish and seafood. I'm looking for substitute ingredients beyond soy sauce
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I love Asian food but have an allergy to all fish and seafood. I'm looking for substitute ingredients beyond soy sauce
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The store also carries a Kikkoman Worcestershire sauce that has no fish or seafood ingredients. Not Bulldog Sauce, which is made with dried sardine extract.
I love kecap manis, but I don't think it gives you the taste of fish sauce.
Thai light soy sauce. The light body mimics the consistency of fish sauce but it’s a little sweeter and has less of a tendency to overpower what it’s mixed into, like darker soy sauces do. Oh yeah, it’s usually cheaper than fish sauce, too. You can find it easily at Asian markets.
On black garlic: I totally thought it was just some trendy-fad thing not worth tracking down when I started reading about it everywhere earlier in the year. But then a couple weeks ago there was no good-looking garlic heads at my grocery store but they did have packages of black garlic sitting right there so I picked one up and it is truly as amazing as all of the hype. So sticky and funky and perfect. Given the premises of your question I highly recommend ordering it online if no stores near you carry any.
1) There are recipes for homemade vegetarian replacement/substitute for fish sauce. If you can't find one, let me know & I'll post one on this site.
2) I think there is now a vegetarian version of Worcestershire sauce, itself a knock-off of Asian fermented fish sauces.
3) For umami flavors, look to fermented tofu or other non-fish foods
https://www.amazon.com/Annies-Homegrown-Organic-Vegan-Worcestershire/dp/B0058NJA8C
http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-vegan-fish-sauce-130535
Amazon carries a vegan oyster sauce, but there are recipes for that online as well. Also, check the ingredients on the Golden Mountain Seasoning Sauce. That has a lot of umami flavor, but I haven't looked at the label in a while.
https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Oyster-Sauce-17-oz/dp/B005XNKITW