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Preparation
6 minutes
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Processing
7 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Delicious fish sauce, ensuring safety when made by your own hands. Today, TasteVN will show you how to make traditional fish sauce. So what are you waiting for? Let’s gather the ingredients and get into the kitchen to make this fish sauce dish right away!
Ingredients for Making Fish Sauce For 1.2 liters
Cay 700 gr Sea salt 200 gr (about 1/2 bowl) Beer A little (1/2 can) Rice flour 150 gr Lemon 1 fruit Chili 1 fruit MSG 1 teaspoon Sugar 2 teaspoons
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Cay
- You should choose live cay to ensure the quality of the fish sauce.
- Good cay has a dark brown outer shell, shaped like a crab, but smaller in size.
- Choose cay that is about the size of your thumb because this type is softer and easier to grind.
- Do not buy dead cay or those with an unpleasant smell; they will not make good fish sauce.
Tools Needed
How to Make Fish Sauce from Crabs
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Prepare the Crabs
After purchasing the crabs, remove the apron, discard the shell, and rinse several times with water until the water is clear. Then take the crabs out and let them drain.
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Grind the Crabs
Add the crabs and salt into the blender at a ratio of 3 tablespoons of crabs to 1 tablespoon of salt. Repeat the process until all ingredients are used. Add 5 tablespoons of diluted saltwater into the mortar and blend the mixture until smooth.
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Ferment the Fish Sauce
After grinding the crabs, place them in a glass jar with a lid. Pour 1/2 can of beer to rinse the mortar and then pour all the beer into the glass jar, stirring well.
Next, add 150 grams of toasted rice powder and continue to stir the mixture evenly.
Use a clean cloth or plastic wrap to cover the mouth of the jar, securing it with a rubber band. Expose the fish sauce to the sun for 10 to 15 days before enjoying.
Tip: In the first 1-2 days, you should stir the fish sauce before and after sun exposure; this will help prevent the sauce from turning dark.
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Mixing delicious fish sauce
Stir the fish sauce well, add 6 tablespoons of fish sauce into a bowl, then add 1 teaspoon of MSG, 2 teaspoons of sugar, juice from 1 lime, and stir well until all the ingredients dissolve. Finally, add 1 sliced chili (or more to taste) for a delicious bowl of fish sauce.
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Product
The finished fish sauce has a characteristic aroma of fish sauce and a very beautiful pink color. The saltiness of the fish sauce is moderate, not too salty.
After mixing with other spices, you will have a bowl of fish sauce that is sour, spicy, salty, and sweet to dip with other dishes. You definitely have to try it!
Tips for successfully making and storing fish sauce without spoilage
- To have delicious fish sauce, you must first choose fresh, live fish.
- The mortar and the jar for the finished fish sauce should be rinsed with diluted salt water before making the fish sauce.
- During the drying process under the sun, you must ensure that the jar is tightly sealed to prevent flies and mosquitoes from getting in.
- The fish sauce meets the requirements when you squeeze lime and stir well to see many bubbles forming.
- You can store the fish sauce at room temperature, tightly sealed, and it can be used for 3 – 4 months.
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Above is a detailed guide on how to make traditional fish sauce that is delicious, authentic, and safe. TasteVN hopes that our useful sharing will help you create many delicious dishes on your own. Wishing you success in your preparation!
