Fish Sauce on Western Food: Any good (simple) recipes to share?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

I have used soy sauce to cook western food, but never fish sauce.

 

At the moment, I have about three liters of fish sauce in my house, so far unused, after my fish-sauce purchase at Tops in 2018.

 

If I were cooking Thai food, which I really do not know how to do, then I would have finished the fish sauce long before now. 

 

Soy sauce is good on almost anything.

But, fish sauce on eggs?

Or, fish sauce on tuna?

Have you ever tried it?

Not I, nor am I likely to.

 

Therefore, with this much fish sauce on hand, what might it be used for, other than for dipping?

 

Also, there are varieties of fish sauce for sale in Thailand.

I bought the “good stuff” because the price is about the same as for the other kind.

 

Can one use fish sauce on breast-of-chicken, for grilling?

How could you?

 

Fish sauce is very salty, and one must not overdo it.

Before the pandemic, I often added it to Thai food at restaurants, and it was …. so-so.

 

I have a Chinese-Thai friend, and she says she never touches it.

Maybe fish sauce is an acquired taste for those who are not completely Thai, or fully into Thai food.

 

Therefore, how do I use this fish sauce in my house?

 

I checked on Google’s AI.

The problem is that Google’s AI has no “taste”, IMHO.

 

Still, Google’s AI says that fish sauce might be a “SECRET INGREDIENT” in western food.

Do you think this can be true?

We have all been consuming Fish Sauce….SECRETLY?

 

Anyway, in your opinions, what western dishes go best with fish sauce, and how to use it, including amounts and recipes.

 

Thank you.

 

Gamma