La salsa Worcestershire, también conocida como salsa worcester o salsa inglesa o simplemente salsa perrins, es un condimento líquido fermentado usado como saborizante de salsas (sobre todo en la cocina inglesa). Se elabora con vinagre, melaza, jarabe de maíz, agua, ajíes o pimentón, salsa de soja, tamarindo, anchoas, cebollas, chalotas, vino (ocasionalmente), clavo de olor y ajo. Se considera un potenciador del sabor empleado en diversos platos, tanto cocinados como crudos, y en la cocina inglesa se aplica a la carne de vaca. Muchas salsas han tenido fama por el contacto intercultural de dos o más pueblos. Así como el garo, una salsa fermentada de anchoas, pudo haber nacido debido a la pujanza greco-romana en el mar mediterráneo, de la salsa "Worcester" se puede decir que ha sido uno de los muchos legados del contacto que tuvo la cocina de la India con la cocina inglesa. Mientras algunas fuentes mencionan que las salsas de anchoa fermentada empezaron en el siglo XVII a circular por mercados de Europa, la salsa worcester no se hizo popular hasta los años 1930.

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Worcestershire sauce (/ˈwʊstərʃər/), (Merriam-Webster: \ˈwu̇s-tə(r)-ˌshir-, -shər- also -ˌshī(-ə)r-\ ) sometimes shortened to Worcester sauce (/ˈwʊstər/), is a fermented liquid condiment of complex mixture, first created by the Worcester chemists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who later went on to form the company Lea & Perrins. The pair devised the recipe in the 1830s, however it wasn't to their liking and was set aside and forgotten about. It wasn't until the barrels were rediscovered many months later that the taste had mellowed into what is now known as Worcestershire Sauce. To this day, the ingredients are allowed to mature for 18 months before being blended and bottled in Worcester, where the exact recipe is still kept a secret. Although Lea & Perrins are recognised as the leading global brand of Worcestershire Sauce, other brands offer their own similar recipe and may add other spices to their own versions of Worcestershire Sauce. Worcestershire sauce is complex and unique in its flavour and aroma and frequently used to enhance various food and drink recipes. It is often an ingredient in Welsh rarebit, Caesar salad, Oysters Kirkpatrick, Deviled Eggs and sometimes added to chili con carne, beef stew and other beef dishes. Worcestershire sauce is also used to flavour cocktails such as Bloody Mary or Caesar.

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