Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
When eating vegetarian dishes, dipping sauce is a must; using dipping sauce will enhance the flavor and make the dish tastier. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to immediately refer to how to make vegetarian fish sauce from mushrooms simply and try this vegetarian dish.
Ingredients for Vegetarian Fish Sauce from Mushrooms Serves 2 people
Dried shiitake mushrooms 100 gr Soybeans 100 gr Seaweed 50 gr Filtered water 1 liter Palm sugar 1 tablespoon Rock sugar 100 gr Salt 100 gr Vegetarian seasoning 1/3 tablespoon
How to Choose Good Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
- For dried shiitake mushrooms, you should choose mushrooms that are not broken, with a light brown cap. In particular, pay attention to the smell of the mushrooms; if they have a musty smell or any strange odor, and if there are no white mold spots on them.
- Additionally, you should look to buy from reputable places; if you buy packaged mushrooms, check the expiration date and brand.
Equipment needed
How to make Vegetarian Fish Sauce from Mushrooms
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Roast soybeans
You place the pan on the stove, add the soybeans, and roast over medium heat until the soybeans just turn black.
Tip:- When roasting soybeans, you must stir constantly to prevent the soybeans from burning and becoming bitter.
- You should roast soybeans in an aluminum pan without a non-stick coating to avoid peeling off the layer.
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Prepare mushrooms and seaweed
Soak the shiitake mushrooms in warm water for at least 20 minutes to soften them. After the mushrooms have expanded, squeeze them firmly to dry, then set them in a basket for a while to ensure they are completely dry. After that, cut them into small pieces.
Tear the seaweed into small pieces, then add it to the pan and roast over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
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Cook the ingredients
You put shiitake mushrooms, roasted soybeans, and 1 liter of water into a pot, then cook on high heat for about 30 minutes. After the water boils, add the roasted seaweed and cook for another 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it cool.
Next, you layer a piece of filtering cloth into 4 layers and place it in a small basket. Then you use a bowl to catch the strained water, and use a ladle to scoop and pour the water into the basket to filter the liquid.
After filtering, you continue to do the same to filter a second time to help the fish sauce become clearer.
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Making Fish Sauce
You place a pot on the stove and add 1 spoon of palm sugar into the pot, cooking over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and boils.
Next, you add the filtered water along with 100g of salt, 100g of rock sugar, and 1/3 tablespoon of vegetarian seasoning. You cook over high heat until the fish sauce boils, then turn off the heat and finish.
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Final Product
So you have completed the vegetarian fish sauce from mushrooms, the final product will have a beautiful yellow color along with an attractive aroma from the mushrooms and soybeans. This fish sauce can be used as a dipping sauce for daily meals or as an ingredient for other vegetarian dishes as well.
So we have completed the recipe for vegetarian fish sauce from mushrooms, what are you waiting for? Let’s go to the kitchen and make it right away. Wish you success!
