20 min · 2
Steamed Egg →
eggs steamed — covering the top of the bowl with a plate reduces water droplets from falling.
Ingredient substitutes
Anchovy fish sauce substitute guide
Fish sauce adds salt and a fermented fish character.
- Original ingredient
- Anchovy fish sauce
- Alternative in this guide
- Soy sauce
How to use this guide
For a cooked soup or egg dish, try small additions of regular soy sauce and taste at the end. Mushroom broth can provide a different savory background without reproducing fish sauce.
What changes and what to check
This is not a kimchi fermentation substitution formula. The linked egg recipe contains salted shrimp: changing fish sauce alone does not make a recipe vegetarian or seafood-free.
Related recipes
25 min · 2
Banquet Noodles →
Banquet noodles — Noodles should be boiled separately to prevent the broth from becoming cloudy.
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