For Vietnamese people, fish sauce is the beloved condiment that is indispensable whether in cooking or eating. No matter how many vegetables and meats are in the meal, it cannot be perfect without a bowl of dipping sauce.
However, today, women suddenly wonder whether they should use fish sauce when cooking soup or stir-frying meat after reading the confession of a girl on Facebook “Mother-in-law criticizes me for putting fish sauce in soup.”
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In this article, we will give you some tips to avoid when using fish sauce in cooking so that your meals are both enjoyable and delicious, and your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don’t argue with each other.
1. Do not cook fish sauce too long
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Fish sauce is a characteristic spice in Vietnamese cuisine. In addition to stimulating appetite and digestion, fish sauce also contains many nutrients such as protein and vitamins A, D, and B12. Therefore, when cooking, you should not cook fish sauce for too long on the stove.
For soup, fish sauce is the last seasoning that you should add to the pot. You should not add fish sauce and let it boil for a long time because the flavor and nutrients in fish sauce will be altered and may affect the taste of the dish.
However, not all soups are delicious when fish sauce is added. For example, when cooking soup with bottle gourd, you should only use salt instead of fish sauce, as fish sauce will make the soup taste slightly sour and difficult to eat. But for vegetable soup cooked with shrimp or crab soup, adding fish sauce while cooking will help the soup have a sweeter and more aromatic taste.
Therefore, it is difficult to say whether or not to add fish sauce to soup. Fish sauce can make some soups tastier, but it can also make the soup less delicious if not combined properly.
In conclusion: To avoid conflicts in food, you should ask your mother-in-law about the family’s seasoning habits before cooking.
2. Do not marinate raw meat with fish sauce
This is probably a mistake that many women are making. Marinating meat is an almost necessary step before cooking, but it doesn’t mean that the more seasonings you use for marinating, the better the meat will taste. If you have the habit of marinating meat with fish sauce, you should stop it immediately!
Marinating raw meat with fish sauce will make the meat tough, and the natural sweetness of the meat will also be affected by the flavor of the fish sauce. Therefore, when marinating meat, you only need to add seasoning salt and pepper!
Do not marinate raw meat with fish sauce!
In addition, you should not use fish sauce to marinate dishes that require crispness like fried spring rolls. Adding fish sauce to marinate all dishes is the habit of many people. However, for dishes like fried spring rolls, the advice is that you should not use fish sauce to make the filling.
The reason is that the amount of fish sauce will stimulate the vegetables and meat to release water. This is totally unsuitable for fried spring rolls, a dish that requires the filling to be dry, crispy, and not soggy even when left for a long time.
How to recognize good fish sauce that is good for health
To choose good and quality fish sauce, women should pay attention to the following factors: color, taste, protein content, and safety.
About the color, good fish sauce usually has a color ranging from deep straw yellow to golden yellow, indicating fresh and high-quality fish sources. Good fish sauce will darken after being opened and exposed to air.
This is a natural phenomenon of traditional fish sauce when the protein content in fish sauce is oxidized. In addition, you should also observe the bottle of fish sauce under the light and tilt the bottle upside down. If the fish sauce is clear and without sediment, it is good, but if it has sediment and does not dissolve when shaken, it contains impurities, and you should not buy it.
About the taste, good fish sauce usually has a pleasant, mild fish aroma. When tasting, you will feel a salty taste at the tip of the tongue upon contact, but then there will be a sweet and rich taste in the throat. This indicates that fish sauce has a high natural protein content, made from fresh and delicious anchovy sources from famous coastal regions.
With this information and suggestions, we hope that women will know how to use fish sauce to create delicious and nutritious dishes!
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