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Fish sauce Recipes

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24 recipes

Kimchi with napa cabbage, gochugaru and garlic — Korea recipe

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish — fermented Peking cabbage with spicy spices and seasonings. Characterized by a bright tangy flavor with sour notes, crisp texture and intense aroma.

45 min50 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Larb with chicken, lime and mint — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Larb

Thai minced meat salad dressed with lime juice, fish sauce and toasted rice powder. Explosively fresh, herby and spicy — one of the most vibrant dishes in Southeast Asian cuisine.

35 min220 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Bánh Mì with pork, baguette and daikon — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Bánh Mì

Bánh mì (banh mi, bánh mỳ, バインミー, 越南法包) is a Vietnamese sandwich: a crisp baguette filled with fried pork, quick-pickled carrot and daikon (đồ chua), cucumber, cilantro and chili sauce. The pork is sliced thin and marinated with lemongrass and shallot, as for thịt nướng (grilled pork), then seared in a hot pan instead of over charcoal. Active cooking takes about 25 minutes, and the pickles stand for 30 minutes while you prepare the pork.

25 min640 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Thai Spicy Beef Salad with beef, lime and mint — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Thai Spicy Beef Salad

Thai spicy beef salad, yam nuea (ยำเนื้อ) in Thai, is thin slices of seared steak tossed while still warm with red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, mint and cilantro in a lime, fish sauce and chili dressing. You sear the beef, rest it, slice it and dress it in about half an hour. Serve it on lettuce leaves or with jasmine rice.

30 min210 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad) with green papaya, lime and peanuts — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)

Thailand's most iconic salad — shredded green papaya pounded in a mortar with tomatoes, green beans, garlic, chili, lime juice, and fish sauce. Crunchy, spicy, tangy, and refreshing all at once. Served cold with sticky rice and grilled chicken.

20 min140 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Curry Laksa with chicken, coconut milk and rice noodles — Malaysia recipe

🇲🇾MalaysiaMedium

Soups

Curry Laksa

Curry laksa is a Malaysian-Singaporean noodle soup: rice noodles sitting in a spiced coconut curry broth, topped with chicken or shrimp, bean sprouts, and a halved boiled egg. The coconut milk gives the broth a rounded sweetness, the curry paste brings heat and color, and a squeeze of lime at the table cuts through the richness. Malaysia and Singapore each have dozens of regional versions, from mild to fiery.

40 min900 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Pho Bo (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup) with beef, rice noodles and ginger — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Soups

Pho Bo (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)

Pho bo is a Vietnamese noodle soup from Hanoi built around a clear, richly spiced beef broth — bones and spices simmer for hours with charred onion and ginger, while the bowl itself is finished with rice noodles, thin beef, fresh herbs, lime, and chili. Both cooked and raw beef go into the bowl: a well-done cut simmered in the broth, and paper-thin raw slices that cook the instant boiling broth is poured over them.

210 min520 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Massaman Curry with beef, potato and peanuts — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Meat Dishes

Massaman Curry

Thailand’s mildest and most complex curry — slow-braised beef with potato and roasted peanuts in a rich coconut milk sauce spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, and cumin. Voted the world’s best dish by CNN Travel in 2011. Not spicy — deep, sweet, and profoundly satisfying.

50 min380 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken) with chicken, basil and garlic — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Meat Dishes

Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)

Thailand’s most popular everyday street food — minced chicken stir-fried with garlic, fresh chili, and holy basil in a savory oyster-fish sauce glaze. Finished with a crispy fried egg on top and a drizzle of runny yolk over jasmine rice. Ready in under 15 minutes.

25 min300 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein⚡Quick

Nuoc Cham with fish sauce, lime and garlic — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamEasy

Sauces and Dips

Nuoc Cham

Nuoc cham is the essential Vietnamese dipping sauce — a bright, balanced mix of fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, garlic, and chili that ties together spring rolls, grilled meats, rice bowls, and noodle salads with sweet, sour, salty, and spicy notes in every drop.

5 min35 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Pad Thai with rice noodles, eggs and bean sprouts — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Pad Thai

Stir-fried rice noodles with egg, bean sprouts, peanuts, and your choice of protein — shrimp, chicken, or tofu — in a sauce built on tamarind, fish sauce, and palm sugar. The three-part balance of sour, salty, and sweet is what makes Pad Thai distinct from any other noodle dish in the world. It is one of Thailand's most iconic street foods, eaten at vendors across Bangkok and virtually every Thai restaurant globally. The sauce is the whole recipe — get the sauce right and the rest is quick. Two rules matter most: cook in small batches so the wok stays hot enough to caramelize the sauce, and never overcook the noodles.

25 min580 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Khao Soi (Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Soup) with egg noodles, coconut milk and chicken — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandAdvanced

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Khao Soi (Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodle Soup)

Northern Thai egg noodle soup with a rich, golden coconut curry broth, braised chicken, and — the defining detail — a nest of deep-fried crispy noodles floating on top of the same egg noodles in the bowl. Khao soi (ข้าวซอย) is the signature dish of Chiang Mai and the Lanna region of Northern Thailand, though its origins trace the old trade routes connecting Thailand, Myanmar, and Yunnan. The broth is distinct from Bangkok-style curries: turmeric-forward, slightly spiced, coconut-rich, and not particularly hot. The condiments served alongside — pickled mustard greens, raw shallots, lime wedges, and chilli oil — are not optional. They complete the dish by adding sharp, sour, fresh notes that cut through the richness of the coconut broth. This is one of the great noodle soups of the world.

50 min640 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy

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coconut milk chicken lime rice noodles garlic beef peanuts turmeric gochugaru ginger mint eggs