Do you have any recommendations of fish sauce?

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    • #82340
      Tallyyujin
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      Hello friends and Maangchi,

      I am planning to make Makkimchi and Kkakduki (?) with Maangchi’s recipes on this coming Friday.
      I have two kinds of fish sauces.
      One is Kkanary fish sauce made in Korea, and the other is anchovy fish sauce made in Vietnam.
      What kind of fish sauce do you recommend to use Makkimchi?
      Or is it OK to mix them? Because the anchovy sauce is much bigger then the Kkanary sauce..

      Thank you!

    • #82341
      EvilGrin
      Participant

      The best is Redboat40n but its rather pricey for making kmichi. Fish sauce is made from anchovies.

      I like these for cheaper options

      MegaChef Premium fish sauce in the brown bottle if you can get it. (Thailand) http://www.megachefsauce.com/products_detail.aspx?id=2

      Chungjung One fish sauce from Korea. This is a surprisingly good cheap and natural fish sauce. They have 2 kinds so check ingredients. This one if just anchovy, salt and water.
      https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Anchovy-Fish-Sauce-Chung-Jung-One/dp/B00F0RDRW6?th=1

      New Town 60n is also very good but a bit more expensive. Very common at the better Asian markets too

      • #82438
        Tallyyujin
        Participant

        Thank you so much guys! Awesome!
        How informative they are!

        Actually I tried to make KKakduki and Makkimch yesterday using anchovy sauce and shirimp sauce which I bought from an asian market! (Sorry, I don’t know about English spells:()

        I will watch the video and try to use them later!

        I really appreciate it!!:)

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    • #82394
      LovePrayCook
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      Maangchi did a three-part video series on shopping in a Korean Market. It is very informative! Her favorite fish sauce has a drawing of 3 Crabs in a triangle on the label. It is excellent and reasonable. Check out her shopping videos! Here’s a link:

      How to shop at a Korean grocery store


      Look down the page to view videos! Very Helpful!!!

      • #82440
        Tallyyujin
        Participant

        Thank you so much! I will definitely watch this!!:)

    • #82449
      EvilGrin
      Participant

      3 Crabs is a very low end fish sauce.

      Ingredients
      Anchovy, extract, water, salt, fructose, hydrolysed wheat protein.

    • #82466
      MattWilsoner
      Participant

      cool!

    • #82473
      harveyleo
      Participant

      Thanks for sharing this with us I will definitely try this at my home.

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