dinner · dairy-free · gluten-free
Cá chiên nước mắm (crispy fish with garlic fish sauce)
Whole fish or fillets fried until crackly and drenched in a sweet-salty garlic-chili fish sauce glaze.
- Time
- 30min
- Steps
- 5
Ingredients
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Contains fish.
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Method
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1
Pat fish very dry, salt lightly and dust with cornstarch.
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2
Fry in hot oil until golden and crisp and the flesh flakes, 63°C (145°F), 5–7 minutes per side for whole fish.
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3
For the sauce, fry garlic and chili in 1 tbsp oil, add fish sauce, sugar and water and simmer until slightly syrupy; add lime.
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4
Spoon the hot sauce over the fish.
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5
Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice and cucumber.
