Asian Fish Sauce
Made in 5 minutes, simply by mixing together some sake, mirin, toasted sesame oil, dark and light soy sauce with some sugar, ginger, garlic and chilli flakes, this incredible sauce works with most types of fish and is as perfect for a quick supper after work as it is for the fussiest of guests at your smartest dinner party!
I normally use this sauce with white fish but it works equally well with salmon or tuna as well.
How to make Asian Fish Sauce
Collect all your ingredients together:
- cooking sake
- mirin
- light soy sauce
- dark soy sauce
- roasted sesame oil
- caster sugar
- cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
- peeled and grated fresh ginger
- dried chilli flakes
How to make the sauce –
- Peel and roughly chop the garlic. Blitz in a mini food processor until finely chopped. If you prefer you could finely chop the garlic by hand or use a garlic crusher.
- Peel and roughly chop the ginger. Blitz in a mini food processor until finely chopped. If you prefer you could finely chop the ginger by hand or use a fine grater.
- Mix the garlic and ginger with the remaining ingredients.
Sauce ingredients 
1 Peel and roughly chop the garlic …. 
… finely chop. 
2 Peel and roughly chop the ginger… 
… finely chop. 
3 Mix… 
…everything… 
…together. 
All done!
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Asian Fish Sauce
Made in 5 minutes, simply by mixing together some sake, mirin, toasted sesame oil, dark and light soy sauce with some sugar, ginger, garlic and chilli flakes, this incredible sauce works with most types of fish and is as perfect for a quick supper after work as it is for the fussiest of guests at your smartest dinner party! Serves 4
Ingredients
- 24g/6 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped or crushed
- 30g peeled fresh ginger, finely chopped or grated
- 4 tablespoons cooking sake
- 4 tablespoons mirin
- 4 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 4 teaspoons roasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoon caster sugar
- ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
Instructions
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Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.
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Peel and roughly chop the garlic. Blitz in a mini food processor until finely chopped. If you prefer you could finely chop the garlic by hand or use a garlic crusher.
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Peel and roughly chop the ginger. Blitz in a mini food processor until finely chopped. If you prefer you could finely chop the ginger by hand or use a fine grater.
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Mix the garlic and ginger with the remaining ingredients.
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To serve: heat the sauce in a pan and bring to the boil. Serve drizzled over your choice of fish and garnish with your choice from chopped spring onions, chopped coriander, sesame seeds and/or sliced red chilli
Recipe Notes
Equipment:
- measuring spoons
- small jug or bowl
- chopping board and knife
- mini food processor or garlic crusher and grater
- small pan
