I am beginning to suspect fish sauce is like cilantro - you either love it or you hate it. I have made two Milk Street recipes that incorporate fish sauce (Grilled Cilantro-Lime Skirt Steak and Vietnamese Caramel Chicken). Two in my family loved the flavors and two felt like the fish sauce was overpowering; regardless, the fish sauce flavor is too pungent for the office. What suitable substitute can be used in place of fish sauce?
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Elizabeth S.
April 28, 2020
I sprung for some of the oak barrel aged stuff when y’all had it and it was worth it- it wasn’t fishy. I think fish sauce is like wine and some is fishier than others.
Sarah K.
May 1, 2020
Thank you!