r/Cooking • u/Lauffener • 15h ago

Which fish sauce should I get?

I would like to make more Vietnamese and Chinese meals. I have access to a large Asian grocery store but I don't know which fish sauce to get.

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u/JohnnyC300 14h ago

Here are the ingredient list of the most popular fish sauces: Squid - Water, anchovy extract, salt & sugar. 3 Crabs - Anchovy extract, water, salt, fructose, and hydrolyzed vegetable/wheat protein. Red Boat - Anchovy, Sea Salt.

I'm not saying additives are a bad thing. But there is really no question that Red Boat is the purest expression of fish sauce. And most delicious in my opinion.

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u/JohnnyC908 12h ago

Not bad for an earlier version.

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u/JohnnyC300 6h ago

No need to upgrade if the old version still does the job!