Red Boat Fish Sauce | Premium 40°N Fish Sauce made with just 2 ingredients in Vietnam | Keto, Paleo & Whole 30 | Sugar free | 17 fl oz (Pack of 2)

I grew up on Southeast Asian cuisine such as Vietnamese, Thai and Khmer food so having fish sauce was a must. This sauce was very pleasant to cook with. It reminds me of Squid Brand fish sauce but just in a trendier package. I cooked shrimp with onions and tomatoes with this, along with some stir fried dark meat chicken with basic veggies and the flavor matched what memory serves. The render chicken schmaltz along with black pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce and this fish sauce made a wonderful sauce to suspend that stir fry in. Over pillowy white rice and it was heavenly. Don't get me going on the shrimp dish, it's a southeast Asian classic and Tomatoes and Onions cooked with soy/oyster/fish sauce is a hard hitting home cooked meal. Even my wife, who is Austrian American, loves this fish sauce. But then again she loves stinky cheeses and all that funky stuff also so she's probably not the common barometer for it :). If you haven't used fish sauce before, it's a great flavor enhancer and umami bomb. The smells pretty potent but it cooks out and it really adds a punch to your dish. Even the late Anthony Bourdain suggest people who normally wouldn't use it to add it into things like their stuffing for Thanksgiving. Some of the best Guacomole some of my friends and guest of the family had was at a July 4th party where my sister used a little fish sauce with your normal Pico, Lime, and Avocado and people couldn't stop eating it. I think this Red Boat Fish sauce is a good one to get to try Fish Sauce out.

Excellent product. Adds great flavor to any dish.

This is my favorite fish sauce, by far. My experience and opinion of Red Boat formed in the context of having used other fish sauces in the past, so I'm reviewing this one by comparing it to those. Tiparos used to be my go-to brand. It has a classic flavor—salty, savory, not subtle, but not strong. It's no accident that so many other brands have names similar to "Tiparos". It was one of the first mass produced brands and is familiar to many people around the world. Its agreeable flavor and value lend it a broad appeal. It works well in a wide variety of uses: as a light seasoning, as the mainstay of a cooked sauce, or as a raw dipping sauce (as in nam prik). Three Crabs is more pungent than Tiparos. It's good if you want a stronger, more savory flavor. It's not subtle, rather fishy, and maybe overpowering in raw form. It's easily one of the cheapest brands, so you get a lot for your money. Red Boat reminds me of Tiparos more than Three Crabs, in that it strikes a very nice balance in the strength of its flavor. One the one hand, it's powerful enough to retain plenty of flavor when it's cooked. On the other hand, it's mild enough that it still works really well in raw form. More than either of the other brands, Red Boat has an incredible depth and complexity of flavor. It's highly distinctive. Having entrained my palate to Red Boat, whenever I try another brand, it's never quite as satisfying. This one deserves all the praise it's given. I have absolutely no misgivings about paying more for it. To conclude, I draw an analogy to wines. Tiparos is like a Merlot—pleasant, medium bodied, highly versatile, but very simple. Three Crabs is like a Malbec—strong, dark, and unforgiving. Red Boat is like a fine Bordeaux—a bouquet of flavors, a medium-to-full body, deserving of appreciation on its own, but getting along splendidly with others.

This is the BEST fish sauce I’ve ever used. I’ve used the crab and the dear mam ones and they make my viet grilled pork taste super fishy so I thought people were gatekeeping their recipes or something but it’s defs the fish sauce. BUY THIS ONEEEE. I make viet grilled pork with this fish sauce and allulose and it’s amazing for my keto diet.

Highly recommended and reviewed.

Awesome fish sauce!

Red Boat is the undisputed king of fish sauces. It is even OK straight, probably the only fish sauce that I'd say that about. But like all fish sauces, it really shines as an ingredient in recipes where it adds depth and umami to dishes. I see Red Boat has a premium product now with greater nitrogen, which usually translates to greater umami flavor. I've not tried it yet, but the regular version has stood the test of time as a huge flavor contributor. I've given up on all other fish sauce at this point -- Red Boat all the time now.

The only option for fish sauce.

Very good

No suelo escribir reseñas, solo cuando el producto lo merece y esta salsa es excepcional. Estaba acostumbrado a otra marca mas economica ( la del dibujo de un gran calamar ). Aunque en teoria ambas tienen un porcentaje parecido en los ingresientes en la de redboat es mayor con 80% anchoas y solo sal marina, sin azucares ,conservantes o MSG.como la otra. Produce un sabor mas limpio pero a la vez potenciado, síntomas de una maceración mas larga y una mayor cantidad de proteinas. Esta muy concentrada y solo una leve porcion sera necesario para conseguir ese umami tam deseado. No piedo estar mas sorprendido con esta nueva salsa.

Great product

Es la primera vez que lo uso y si aporta mucho umami lo malo es el aroma que los alimentos adquieren ese aroma.

Kaufgrund: Gekauft, weil wir Fischsauce regelmäßig nutzen und über die Jahre viele Marken ausprobiert haben. Für meine Mutter, für meine Frau und für mich ist das die leckerste Fischsauce. Nutzungsdauer: Seit Juli 2025 regelmäßig im Einsatz Qualität & Zusammensetzung: Die Red Boat Fischsauce besteht ausschließlich aus Sardellen (80 %) und Salz. Der hohe Sardellenanteil und die reduzierte Zutatenliste sorgen für einen klaren, intensiven Geschmack. Praxiserfahrung: Wir nutzen Fischsauce häufig beim kochen von vietnamesischen, thailändischen und anderen südostasiatischen Gerichten. Aufgrund des höheren Preises verwenden wir die Red Boat Fischsauce vor allem, wenn sie ungekocht verarbeitet wird, z. B. Dipsaucen, Nachwürzen in Nudelsuppen. Für reine Kochen greifen wir auch öfters zu anderen Fischsaucen, die geschmacklich anders, aber ebenfalls sehr gut und günstiger sind. Positiv: -Sehr intensiver, ausgewogener Geschmack -Hoher Sardellenanteil (80 %) -Sehr natürlich, keine Zusatzstoffe außer Salz -Ideal für Dips und zum Nachwürzen Negativ: - Höherer Preis (wegen der Qualität aber vollkommen gerechtfertigt) Geeignet für: -Alle, die Wert auf Qualität, Natürlichkeit und Geschmack legen. -Besonders für Gerichte/Dips, bei denen die Fischsauce ungekocht verwendet wird. Eher nicht geeignet für: -Käufer, die große Mengen ausschließlich zum Kochen benötigen. -Sehr preisbewusste Nutzer, aber auch diese Preisbewussten sollten es mindestens einmal probiert haben um den Unterschied zu schmecken. Fazit: Für uns eine außergewöhnlich hochwertige Fischsauce. Wir kaufen sie regelmäßig nach und verschenken sie auch gerne. Der höhere Preis ist angesichts der Qualität absolut gerechtfertigt