Fish sauce and its uses

[Morning Glory]

There are some ideas here on ways to use fish sauce:

'It makes everything taste better': how to buy and cook with fish sauce

I have a bottle of Red Boat Fish sauce, sitting un-opened, in my kitchen pantry.
I understand that this brand is top shelf in the world of Fish Sauces.
I know that there are several uses for it, just never got around to one of them...

The article recommends Red Boat.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I don't care.

I have them too, I’m still searching for the good bottle.

 

[Morning Glory]

I have them too, I’m still searching for the good bottle.

I buy Squid brand, made in Thailand. No added sugar or MSG. Edit: only 3% sugar added.

 

[Barriehie]

I tried making fish sauce once on my porch, in Las Vegas, during the summer.

...indescribable aroma...

 

[SoCalZone10]

I buy Squid brand, made in Thailand. No added sugar or MSG.

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Thanks, sometime I see this brand. But next week when I shopping I will ask the owner, they probably hide them somewhere like they do now on everything.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I tried making fish sauce once on my porch, in Las Vegas, during the summer.

...indescribable aroma...

We often joke about the smell or aroma, lol. One of my brothers doesn’t eat fish sauce period, he complained when my mom’s cooking fish even. He only touches soy sauce.

 

[Morning Glory]

Red boat is very expensive. I think its rather like having an expensive extra virgin olive oil. Here is the low down:

Founded in 2006 by Vietnamese-American Cuong Pham, Red Boat strives to produce the purest fish sauce available on the market. Every bottle is made on the island of Phu Quoc using wild-caught black anchovies (ca com). The fishes are salted within minutes of leaving the ocean water, then aged for more than a year in wooden barrels to achieve the smoothest, richest, and sweetest flavor. Red Boat bottles the first press “extra virgin” fish sauce, so the only ingredients are anchovies and sea salt.

Red Boat Fish Sauce | Gastronomy

 

[Z-Cook]

I buy Squid brand, made in Thailand. No added sugar or MSG. Edit: only 3% sugar added.

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Thats the one I have. Don't know if it's good/not good - my Asian ingredient care package friend picked it up with some other bits.

 

[Barriehie]

No fish sauce here in Hooterville, GA. I had to drive to Atlanta to get mine.

 

[SoCalZone10]

No fish sauce here in Hooterville, GA. I had to drive to Atlanta to get mine.

You can order some online. Redboat has it online but minimum $50 to get free shipment.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I just called the supermarket and they said they do carry Redboat but they don’t give out the prices per policy, so next week, I will find out.

 

[Barriehie]

You can order some online. Redboat has it online but minimum $50 to get free shipment.

Don't order online, I got done with shipping costs, or inflated carts to get free shipping, a couple of years ago. I make a once a year run to a favorite Asian store and fix my list. It's a chance to get out of Hooterville for 1/2 a day...

 

[Morning Glory]

Thats the one I have. Don't know if it's good/not good - my Asian ingredient care package friend picked it up with some other bits.

Its fine. In my opinion, its not really worth getting too precious about fish sauce. Only a little splash is used in recipes. Its a flavour enhancer not a main ingredient.

Having said that, I read that Red Boat is good in salad dressings. Again, only a tiny amount. But perhaps a superior sauce might make a difference there.

 

[Barriehie]

When I recollect on the myriad of choices in some of the Las Vegas Asian stores I've determined that as long as it smells like fish sauce, looks like fish sauce, and perhaps has some "stuff" settled in the bottom I'm good.

I, at this point, have a means of reliably getting the brand I like so there's no more guessing. If I had an off brand I'd put it in my brands bottle...

 

[Z-Cook]

FWIW Walmart has Red Boat
red boat fish sauce - Walmart.com

$7ish in store or ship