Salmon Steak in Caramel Sauce (Vietnamese Ca Kho)
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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 lb salmon steak (or any type of fish steak bone in)
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 inches fresh ginger, minced
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper (to taste)
directions
- Heat heavy sauce pan (large enough to accomodate fish without overlapping) on medium high.
- Add sugar, melt and caramelize (you want it brown, but not burnt). Sugar should be brown and very hot.
- Add minced ginger (be careful, it may sizzle if there's water in the ginger) and stir for about 15 seconds.
- Add fish sauce and fresh cracked pepper. Stir.
- Add fish steaks, do not overlap fish to make sure each piece is soaked in the sauce.
- Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes. Do not cover. The sauce needs to thicken into a light syrup. If the sauce gets too thick, add a teaspoon of water at a time to thin.
- Turn fish over and cook for another 4 minutes or until fish is cooked depending on the thickness of your fish steaks.
- Serve immediate with steamed white rice. The sauce is good on the rice.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Nado2003
United States