Vietnamese Catfish in a Clay Pot (Ca Kho To)
Recipe: #9506
May 08, 2013
Categories: Catfish, Mushrooms, Spinach Asian, Vietnamese, Sunday Dinner, Oven Roast, more
"What an excitingly different way to have catfish! Serves 2-3 or more if other entrees are included as part of the meal."
Ingredients
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- FOR THE FISH
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (986.3 g)
- Calories 1502.2
- Total Fat - 46.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.8 g
- Cholesterol - 197.7 mg
- Sodium - 6509.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 192.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 12.2 g
- Sugars - 67.1 g
- Protein - 80.5 g
- Calcium - 446.3 mg
- Iron - 6.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 62.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Step 2
Place clay pot or covered roasting pan into oven to preheat.
Step 3
Place 3 ounces fish sauce and 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan, and use whisk to blend until sugar dissolves. Heat over medium-low heat, whisking until mixture comes to a boil, then stop stirring, and swirl mixture in pan for 12 minutes or so, until it becomes golden, foamy, and slightly thick.
Step 4
Remove from heat, and when mixture has cooled and foam settled somewhat, stir in lime juice until sauce is blended.
Step 5
In the bottom of the clay pot or roaster, place oil, shallots, garlic, and chopped lemongrass.
Step 6
Cover clay pot or roaster and cook at 450°F for 10 minutes.
Step 7
Remove pot from oven and add catfish fillets in a single layer. Cover pot and cook at 450°F for 5 minutes.
Step 8
Remove pot from oven and add mushrooms and caramel sauce. Cover pot and cook at 450°F for 5 minutes.
Step 9
Mix together remaining fish sauce, broth, water, and sugar until blended.
Step 10
Remove pot from oven and add broth mixture and season to taste with freshly ground black pepper. Return pot to oven and cook, UNCOVERED, for 10 minutes at 450°F.
Step 11
Remove pot from oven and cover fish and mushrooms with spinach, basil, and chopped scallion. Cover pot and cook at 450°F for 5 minutes.
Step 12
Remove from oven and serve fish and vegetables with hot steamed jasmine rice.
Tips
- Clay baker or clay roasting pan