5 Fish Sauce Basics To Master Right Now

The chef's tips and tricks to master this powerful ingredient.

My favorite fish sauce Brands

Premium Bottles:

Red Boat - Very Anchovy Forward flavor
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Son - Smooth
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Hai Yen is another great premium brand but they don't sell on amazon although you may see it at your local asian supermarket

Value Brands:

Chin Su - they offer many varieties at many price points. All of their bottles are the best value in their price category. You can't go wrong no matter what variety you get
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Mega Chef - My favorite fish sauce produced outside of Vietnam
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Even though they are incredibly popular in the USA and Australia avoid "3 crab" brand and "squid" brand both are low tier poor flavor and are purely living off of brand loyalty.