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What is fish sauce?
Fish sauce, or nam pla in Thai, is one of the basic ingredients in Thai cooking. It has a rich, translucent reddish-golden brown color and is added liberally to nearly all Thai dishes.
Is fish sauce as good as wine?
Believe it or not, fish sauce is as nuanced as wine攅ach brand or bottle can have its own characteristics, and some are better than others. Fish sauce is quite simply: fish and salt, more specifically anchovy. A general rule of thumb with cooking is that when something has few ingredients, quality counts for even more.
What is anchovies sauce made of?
This sauce is typically made from anchovies which are heavily salted and fermented in barrels. A liquid is formed as the fish ferment.
What is the nitrogen conversion in fish sauce?
A better quality of fish sauce made from Sardinella sp. as raw material was obtained by a combination of 12.5% salt and 1.5% papain, producing a nitrogen conversion of 13.63%. The more the salt addition, the lower the protein degradation rate will be.