Open the cap and the fish sauce farts, which is somewhat alarming. Left out at room temperature, those brands quickly develop gas inside their bottles. A relatively high nitrogen level (“N”) means big flavor but it also makes fish sauces somewhat delicate. I currently have 8 bottles open to develop recipes well, to provide fish sauce tastings in my classes, and just because I’m curious about different brands that I come across. I don't refrigerate them all.īrands of fish sauce in my fridge include Son and Red Boat, Viet-made artisanal fish sauces that have high nitrogen levels - a measurement of the condiment's umami intensity. That’s the typical, old-school Viet approach. ![]() She usually has two bottles open at a time - a lesser quality one for cooking and a higher quality fish sauce for dipping sauces. She blasts through fish sauce with all the Viet cooking that she does. My 85-year-old mom doesn’t refrigerate nuoc mam. To refrigerate fish sauce or not - that’s a personal and functional choice. ![]() So yes, you can keep fish sauce at room temperature without bacterial harm.īut just because you can do something, is it wise to always follow that rule? I do not. The result is this: there’s little opportunity for pathogens to proliferate. In an article published at The Takeout, Cynthia James at Cornell University’s Cornell Food Venture Center discusses how soy sauce and fish sauce have “water activity” that are controlled, meaning that the water in the liquid condiments are very well bound to salt and other molecules. You do not have to refrigerate fish sauce. ![]() The explanation below will hopefully explain my strategies. I spread my fish sauce stash in all three of those spots. Keeping things real here, my kitchen isn’t tidy, but I’m going to let you peek inside my fridge, condiment cabinet and pantry (a dark hall closet). Hopefully you’ll go through a bottle of nuoc mam faster than those estimates. Once opened, a bottle of fish sauce can last a long time - 2 to 3 years (maybe even longer). People who are new to fish sauce tend to have these question: How long does a bottle last? How to store fish sauce? The answer isn’t set because it depends on what kind of fish sauce you have and how often you use it.
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