Recipe: Vegan Fish Sauce | The Kitchn

Fish sauce is that magical, secret ingredient that somehow completes any dish that it’s added to. Traditional to most asian cuisines, a version of fish sauce was also used in ancient Rome. Fish sauce is obviously based on fish, so what’s a vegetarian (or vegan) to do if she wants to cook Thai or Vietnamese food, for example? Can’t she have some of that magical savoriness, too? The answer is yes! Read on for a fish-free version of fish sauce that uses some very interesting ingredients.

Source: Recipe: Vegan Fish Sauce | The Kitchn

The Vegan Experience: Crispy Kung Pao Tofu | Serious Eats

Things I love: Tofu, spicy food, peanuts, stir-frying, celery, my wife, crispy things, chilies, and a strongly-flavored but subtly balanced sauce that combine funky fermented elements, heat, rich umami-packedingredients, bright vinegar, and a hint of sweetness. I’ve recently discovered a way to get eight out of nine of these things together in one place: crispy kung pao tofu.\n

Source: The Vegan Experience: Crispy Kung Pao Tofu | Serious Eats