Fish Sauce

This sauce is a thin, amber-colored extract of fish diluted with water and with salt added. There are many kinds of fish sauces, from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Fish sauce is used widely throughout Southeast Asia. The Chiu Chow people use it as a dip with many of their preparations. Fish sauce from China or Hong Kong most closely resembles that of the Chiu Chow kitchen.