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Serves/Makes: 6

Ingredients:

Kho:*
• 1 whole (about 1 1/2 pounds) trout, snakehead or catfish, cleaned and cut 1/2 inch thick
• 2 cups water
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 pineapple, peeled and sliced
• 3 stalks green onion, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Caramel sauce (tirk kmao):
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon sugar

How to cook Caramelized Trout with Pineapple:

• Make caramelized sauce first by put 1-teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a small saucepan. Cook and stirs frequently till the sugar turns dark brown color, and not burn.
• Immediately pour 2 cups water to caramelized sugar.
• Add fish, pineapple, fish sauce, sugar, salt and garlic.
• Simmering till fish tender and water reduced.
• Top with black pepper and green onion.
• Serve the Caramelized Trout with Pineapple hot with rice.

Note:

The Caramelized Trout with Pineapple (Trey Kho Manor) is a Vietnamese delicious dish from the Khmer Krom cuisine.

Comments:

*A kho is a type of dish in Vietnamese cuisine that is braised in a thick, mildly sweet reddish-brown-colored sauce containing caramelized sugar and fish sauce. It is typically simmered, like a stew, in a clay pot. It is usually served with steamed white rice.

This recipe for Caramelized Trout with Pineapple serves/makes: 6

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Main Ingredient: Trout
Preparation Method: Poached/Simmered
Cuisine: Vietnamese