Eating in China
Fish sauce ingredient on a plain plate.

Fish sauce

鱼露Yúlù

A salty, savoury liquid seasoning made from seafood through processing that includes fermentation.

Type
Sauces and seasonings

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A salty, savoury liquid seasoning made from seafood through processing that includes fermentation. It is different from soybean-based soy sauce. Ask about the seasoning even when no fish pieces are visible.

In the kitchen

Adds salty, savory seasoning to Fuzhou fish balls.

Fish species and individual formulas vary; this seafood-derived liquid is distinct from soybean-based soy sauce.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鱼露吗?

Does this dish contain Fish sauce?

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