What is in the Thai brown sauce (like with garlic dishes)? Does anyone have an authentic Thai recipe? or tips?

probably a carmel sauce (not the carmel like we think, its different). google it for a recipe, but the main ingriedients are garlic, onions, sy sauce, fish sauce, and brown sugar. its great with rice, pasta, meat, seafood, and as a glaze for grilled veggies, sound about right?What is in the Thai brown sauce (like with garlic dishes)? Does anyone have an authentic Thai recipe? or tips?
Thai Brown Sauce is actually Fish Sauce. This odoriferous brown liquid is Thailand's soy sauce. Various forms of sauces are derived from fermented fish throughout Asia, fish sauce being just one of them. Thai fish sauce in general is paler and milder than Vietnamese.



Tom Yum Kung

(Thai spicy prawn soup)



Ingredients for Tom Yum (for four people):

20 prawns (shrimp)

4 tablespoons lime juice

4-5 cups tom yum broth (soup stock)

2 stalks fresh lemongrass, lightly pounded, cut into 1 inch long segments

4 table spoons fish sauce

1/3 cup sliced galangal

1/2 cup straw mushroom, halved or whole

6-8 kaffir lime leaves, shredded

6 crushed fresh Thai chillies

2 tablespoons Thai chilli paste

Fresh cilantro (Thai coriander) for garnish



Method:

Wash the prawns and shell them without removing the tails. Bring the Tom Yum broth to a boil.

Add lemongrass, galangal and lime leaves.

Bring back to a boil then add mushrooms, fish sauce, chilli paste and lime juice.

Add prawns and fresh chillies.

As soon as prawns turn pink (cooked through) serve garnished with cilantro (coriander).

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