fish sauce

American  

[fish saws] / ˈfɪʃ ˌsɔs /

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.

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Example Sentences

A DJ, dressed in a traditional barong, blasts a dance remix of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” as a crowd gathers to take a shot of fish sauce together.

From Los Angeles Times

So fill your pantry with fish sauce caramel corn, vegan chorizo Chex mix, cult-favorite bar nuts and a top-notch burnt olive ranch dip—and your shot glasses with perfect pairings for each.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “108 Asian Cookies,” she gives us sweets that are in some way American classics—cowboy cookies, snickerdoodles and so on—but are transformed by an adventurous array of Asian ingredients: pandan, fish sauce, durian, gochujang, MSG powder, haw flakes and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cleveland Kitchen, a venture capital-backed firm that sells to Walmart and Publix, introduced a “Classic Kimchi” in 2021—made without the traditional fish sauce—to appeal to those who Chief Executive Drew Anderson calls the “kimchi-curious.”

From The Wall Street Journal

We tried many plates, but the star of the night was the Cá Chiên Nước Mắm: a whole-fried, deboned bronzino glazed in sweet fish sauce.

From Salon