The Best Fish Sauce to Use in Your Cooking
Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Bridget to a tasting of fish sauce.
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Red boat is the best one from the supermarket but from the Asian market three crabs is best.
Red boat is the best fish sauce. Love it very much. It’s great in fried rice.
The only thing I don't like about the Red Boat fish sauce is the price.
my girl sip fish sauce like sip cocktail shot
Interesting. Never used fish sauce and didn't think brand made a difference!
I love the Squid better
The 40°N part of the name is strange food science notation for 40% nitrogen, probably referring to content of nitrogenous compounds like amino acids rather than nitrogen itself.
Too much fish sauce in food makes a person smelly.
Well yeah , if u sip on the fish sauce it’s not gonna be pleasant, your just suppose to dap your finger and taste it not taste like wine smfh
i have the squid brand and it's so bad. it smells like rotten squid. may be mine just went bad.
i had to buy some thai kitchen fish sauce from walmart. hopefully 2nd best is also a winner LOL.
They literally cover everything!!
Technically, wouldn’t Worcestershire sauce qualify as a “fish sauce”?
Just buy Red Boat and don't worry about it. Does it cost a lot more than the other ones: yes. About $13-15 a pint. But how much fish sauce do you go through each month to where that actually matters? That's 2-3 Starbucks drinks. Big whoop. Unless you're making pho and prik nam pla sauce every day your wallet's going to be fine.
I love Squid Brand and I have tried Red Boat once because is was readily available at the local grocery.
Ah yes fish sauce, the Queen of Flavor as Uncle Roger put it. The King of Flavor of course is MSG.
Can I PLEASE send you a bottle of 3 Crabs fish sauce?!
Damn I can drink fish sauce. Love this stuff.
Ok I'm VERY upset about this tasting panel. You have Squid brand but not "3 Crabs" brand. 3 Crabs brand blows the doors off all of these. Take it from an Asian. 3 Crabs is number 1 at a 10/10.
Wow, from what I just read, what makes this worse for Bridget is that this was filmed around 7AM. I couldn't imagine waking up and this as one of the first tastes of the day, blech. XP I love cooking with fish sauce but not for sipping like wine!
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Squid brand is the best one they got up there. Them two are amateur.
Any there is Budu fish sauce, in Malaysia, a country South of Thailand.https://youtu.be/sGHOGj5ddjI
Of course if you drink it from a cup it’s gonna be too strong 😂
Red Boat 40°N is what I use for most recipes that call for patis/fish sauce, (AFTER taking the food off the heat!!!) like pinakbet, sinigang, or guisantes. (I'll use liquid aminos if it absolutely MUST go in a hot pan – ugh, that smell! 🤢🤢)
I was hoping to see that ATK tried BLiS fish sauce, which is my absolute favorite for table use or straight as a dipping sauce. It is expensive, but it's hands down the best fish sauce I've ever tasted.
BLiS actually IS the only fish sauce I would willingly sip from a shot glass.
It is that good. Really.
Phan Thiết and Phú Quốc fish sause is considered premium ingredient bit the taste is worth it. Super light, Umami and salty in the way that I enjoy.
Interesting analizes of the different fish sauce. I always love to hear from the America's Test Kitchen for their comments.
Red boat is my favorite too. Grew up with 3 crabs, lucky, shrimp, and squid. After trying Red boat, it the best by a long shot. The protein is the key for a better sauce. The other brand use less fish and put more salt and msg for their flavor.
you need to add it to something. You can't just drink it like that. It is like eating butter by itself.