Hey Chef, What Can I Do With Fish Sauce?

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Welcome to Hey Chef, a series where we ask pros around the country for tips on how to use ingredients we love. Today, let's funk things up with fish sauce.

Once you start using fish sauce, it can be tough to stop yourself from tossing it into everything. Made from salted and feremented anchovy juice, the umami-bomb effect of this Southeast Asian condiment is unparalleled, and plenty of chefs have told me they "use it like salt."

But when starting out, it's easy to go way overboard, scarring potential fish sauce fans to the point of abandonment. So we talked with some fish sauce-loving chefs about some smart ways to share the fish sauce funk without making your dinner smell like a stinky barge.

Welcome to Hey Chef, a series where we ask pros around the country for tips on how to use ingredients we love. Today, let's funk things up with fish sauce.

Once you start using fish sauce, it can be tough to stop yourself from tossing it into everything. Made from salted and feremented anchovy juice, the umami-bomb effect of this Southeast Asian condiment is unparalleled, and plenty of chefs have told me they "use it like salt."

But when starting out, it's easy to go way overboard, scarring potential fish sauce fans to the point of abandonment. So we talked with some fish sauce-loving chefs about some smart ways to share the fish sauce funk without making your dinner smell like a stinky barge.

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http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/what-to-do-how-to-cook-with-fish-sauce.html