What to use in replacement of Worcestershire sauce

[emwb]

I am making the Balsamic Chicken from the California Kosher cookbook and it calls for 1 TBS Worcestershire Sauce, which has fish.
What should I use instead ?

[Mirj]

You can find vegetarian (no fish) Worcestershire sauce. I usually just leave it out completely with no compromise to the taste. If you really really feel you need to add something, I would go with soy sauce.

[AniSarit]

emwb wrote:
I am making the Balsamic Chicken from the California Kosher cookbook and it calls for 1 TBS Worcestershire Sauce, which has fish.
What should I use instead ?

My mom gave me that book as a gift. Haven't really found any recipes in there that I like so much. Any recommendations from stuff you tried?
P.S. Is the restriction of mixing meat and fish a cultural one? We commonly have fish before a meat meal as an appetizer, especially on Shabbat.

[emwb]

You can eat Fish and Meat/Chicken in the same meal.
However you should change the dishes and silverwear in between.
Therefore, you can not mix fish and meat in a recipe.

In the California Kosher cookbook, I make the Sweet and Sour cucumber salad and the Balsmic chicken at a friends house and it is yummy.
I will let you know how mine turns out.

[Ruti]

please note if you are sephardi, there is no problem to eat the fish and meat together on the same plate - the need to change cutlery/crockery applies only to ashkenazim!

[AskCy]

Worcestershire sauce was supposidly invented after the water used for transporting "tamarind beans" in was used for cooking.
It has molasses, garlic and a few other things added to it as well as the anchovies (and I think its possibly fermented).

I have no real knowledge of Kosher food (other than the bits I saw on a tv programme making me well aware of how important it is to get things right, nor am I part of the religion but I am interested in food and was just having a look through other parts of the Zaar board) so possibly adding a little tamarind paste, garlic, molasses could help replace using the actual sauce ?

Steve

[Panda Rose]

And I thought it was DAIRY not fish that was the problem before or after meat. Does it really depend on which part of the world your ancestors came from?

[NIteOwl]

Dairy is forbidden with and after meat in all traditions-European, Middle Eastern etc. etc. (though the waiting time between eating meat and dairy varies according to regional custom)
Some Ashkenazim (of Eastern European origin) are strict about not mixing fish and meat though they can be eaten at the same meal e.g. gefilte fish on a separate plate with a fish fork, then cleared away and onto the meat entree.
.......so many rules!!!

[Shosh]

Hadar makes a worcestershire sauce w/o anchovies

[sarahleah770]

It is from the Rambam - no mixing of fish and meat. And as others commented, you change dishes/silverware. I didn't realize sephardim don't hold by this. I live in Jerusalem, and I know NO sephardim who will combine (and I live with a LOT of sephardim in my building and neighborhood - from all backgrounds. Actually, if you have any questions, it is ALWAYS better to call the Rav, and ask - and ask why. That way...

[Molly53]

Vegan Worcestershire sauce should be a good substitute. There are several mfgrs: Annie's, Wards, Robbie's and Wizard are all brands available over the internet.

Soy sauce would be another sub.