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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 450°F. | 2. Place clay pot or covered roasting pan into oven to preheat. | 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. | 4. Remove from heat, and when mixture has cooled and foam settled somewhat, stir in lime juice until sauce is blended. | 5. In the bottom of the clay pot or roaster, place oil, shallots, garlic, and chopped lemongrass. | 6. Cover clay pot or roaster and cook at 450°F for 10 minutes. | 7. Remove pot from oven and add catfish fillets in a single layer. Cover pot and cook at 450°F for 5 minutes. | 8. Remove pot from oven and add mushrooms and caramel sauce. Cover pot and cook at 450°F for 5 minutes. | 9. Mix together remaining fish sauce, broth, water, and sugar until blended. | 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. | 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. | 12. Remove from oven and serve fish and vegetables with hot steamed jasmine rice. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
fish sauce	3	ounces		18.9	1.9656	2.7324	0.0054
sugar	1/2	cup	granulated	159.9	30.004	5.005	2.496
lime juice	1			3.7812	1.2735	0.0635	0.0106
vegetable oil	3	tablespoons		351.69599999999997	0.0	0.0	40.8
shallot	2		chopped	230.4	53.76	8.0	0.32
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
lemongrass	1	stalk	cut	-	-	-	-
catfish fillet	1	lb		75.65	0.0	16.83	0.425
shiitake mushroom	4	ounces	trimmed	38.5553	7.6997	2.5401	0.5557
sugar	1	tablespoon		55.062	13.7724	0.0	0.0
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
chicken stock may fish	3	tablespoons		75.65	0.0	16.83	0.425
fish sauce	3	tablespoons		18.9	1.9656	2.7324	0.0054
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
baby spinach leaf	3	ounces	rinsed	75.65	0.0	16.83	0.425
basil leaf	1/4	cup	chopped	75.65	0.0	16.83	0.425
scallion	2		chopped	64.0	14.68	3.66	0.38
jasmine rice	3	cups	steamed cooked	75.65	0.0	16.83	0.425

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.