Caramelized catfish
I tried this from a recipe in BUST magazine and was surprised at how easy it was. In my next round, I’ll take it easy on fish sauce and amp up the brown sugar.
I served this over white rice and made an easy side dish of nuked asparagus & seedless red grapes (yes, heat the grapes with the asparagus).
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From BUST:
… cut 1 bunch of green onions into 2″ long matchstick and place in a shallow bowl with 1 medium-size catfish cut into 1″ fillets. Add 5 tablespoons of fish sauce (any Vietnamese or Thai fish sauce will do), and a dash of black pepper, and marinate for 1 hour or more in the refrigerator. When ready to begin cooking, heat a frying pan for a minute, then add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and 2 cloves of garlic, chopped. When the garlic lightly browns, add 3 tablespoons brown sugar and stir gently with a chopstick as the sugar caramelizes. Then pour the catfish, onions, and fish sauce into the pan. Let cook for 10 minutes on one side until bottom begins to brown. Add more fish sauce or brown sugar as needed. Turn fish over and continue cooking for another 8 - 10 minutes. Serve with rice.
– Maggie Tam Clark
Yum. R. Lee.
Nice recipe. The picture make the food look soo tasty.
Do you tink I can use basa fish for this recipe?
Yes! This is a Vietnamese dish so basa fish would be perfect :)