Comments on: The Ultimate Umami Burger

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:43:50 +0000

Interesting take on fish sauce not going well with Italian. Especially considering Roman cuisine is one of the few "Western cuisines" which actually has fish sauce in it's heritage. Even still today in the Southern cuisine. In our observations, although fish sauce has a very pungent aroma, when cooked with in the appropriate amounts, it tends to disappear into a dish allowing the other ingredients to come to life a bit more. Sometimes I think people who love it tend to be a bit heavy handed for those who aren't big fans. And everyone's taste preferences are different and cuisines do change over time. You are on the money with banh xeo! One of the best Vietnamese dishes there are and is a delicious with fish sauce to dip in. Todd

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:01 +0000

John,
Fish sauce is wonderful in many dishes but it just does not go well with Italian cuisine. The reason being Italian is not Italian unless it has the strong flavor of Oregano, basil, Parmesan cheese..etc… Fish sauce kills these flavor and it is no longer Italian.

Instead of pizza, how about trying out “banh xeo” recipe? thirty years ago we used to call it Viet pizza. You will use plenty of fish sauce in this dish.

By: John O

John O — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:34:15 +0000

Have you every tried using fish sauce in baking? I’m curious to know how it would work in pizza dough? Love your magical burger. John

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:55:11 +0000

We usually do use fish sauce in stews and chilies. Just reduce the amount of salt to compensate for the saltiness of the fish sauce.

By: l petersek

l petersek — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:28:13 +0000

this sounds great! can you use fish sauce in any beef dish? – like chili or beef stew?

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:55:50 +0000

Hi Kerry. Enjoy the fish sauce! You don’t need to bother fridging the fish sauce after opening. It keeps great at room temp.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:58:59 +0000

Sounds great, and I plan to try it. Just one question. Once it is opened, does fish sauce have to be refrigerated?

Thanks,

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:00:16 +0000

Yum.

That is all.

By: A

Tue, 31 May 2011 08:44:35 +0000

I made these tonight for dinner. This recipe inspired me to make hamburgers for the first time. I’m not a big meat or hamburger fan but the recipe looked too good not to try. We really liked them and my husband said they’re better than the ones at his favorite burger restaurant. Very good. Thanks for the great idea! I really like fish sauce, it’s what makes fried rice taste right and apparently burgers too. I’m off to look at your Sriracha roasted brussels sprouts recipe…

By: Audrey D

Audrey D — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:15:12 +0000

I made these tonight (pioneer woman posted on her blog) and they were OUTSTANDING and a great hit! Thank you so much
I have never cooked with Fish Sauce but now I am thinking of adding it to EVERYTHING! A little goes a long way!
Thanks again for educated us!