Red Boat Fish Sauce from the Discoveries Thread

I use red boat in the majority of my savory sauces. Pretty much anything that needs salt/umami.

Fish sauce: Smells like arse, tastes like heaven. A couple of splashes adds a lot to savory dishes. Add some the next time you make a pot roast. Italian tomato based sauces also do well with a couple of splashes of fish sauce. Basically, if you will put Worcestershire sauce in something, fish sauce will probably work really well, too. They're both essentially rotted fish juice, after all.

Word to the wise: Don't drop the bottle. If it breaks, you'll have to move.

Natural msg. Put that shite in anything.

curry paste + coconut milk + fish sauce + lime juice

A few drops in a seafood gumbo, shrimp creole, or crawfish etouffee.....

I've been known to put a dash or two in spaghetti sauce.
I made these pork chops a while back with a fish sauce marinade that were great. LINK

Old Vietnam vet opened a bbq stand in my hometown when l was in high school. Super nice guy, and always willing to talk.

During one of our visits, I told him his bbq chicken was different than any other I'd had, and really liked it. He told me his secret was fish sauce, which he discovered while overseas. I told him I'd never heard of such a thing, and he responded by telling me it is the worst smelling thing you'll ever come across, but it works.

Later on, l had a friend whose dad was a first generation immigrant. His afternoon snack was fish sauce mixed with chopped hot peppers on saltines.

Red Boat, lime juice, minced garlic and a little bit of sugar make a great dip for sliced cucumbers.