Vietnam

Cá Kho Tộ

Name: Cá Kho Tộ
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 600 g Firm fish (e.g. pangasius); 3 tbsp Sugar (for caramel); 3 tbsp Fish sauce; some of each Shallots & garlic; 2 cm Ginger; 200 ml Coconut water; to taste Black pepper & spring onion

Vietnamese caramelised fish in a clay pot

Cá kho tộ is a comfort dish from the Mekong Delta and sits on many Vietnamese family tables. Fish braises in a traditional clay pot.

A caramel sauce of sugar and fish sauce coats the fish sweet and salty; slowly braised, the flesh firms up and turns deeply savoury.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Firm fish (e.g. pangasius)600 g
Sugar (for caramel)3 tbsp
Fish sauce3 tbsp
Shallots & garlicsome of each
Ginger2 cm
Coconut water200 ml
Black pepper & spring onionto taste

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Melt the sugar into a golden-brown caramel.
Sweat the shallots, garlic and ginger briefly.
Add the fish, pour in fish sauce and coconut water.
Braise gently covered until the sauce is syrupy.
Finish with pepper and spring onion, serve with rice.

Make it original

Fish sauce and a clay pot make cá kho tộ – ingredients in the Asia Boutique.

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