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Vietnamese caramel trout

Name: Vietnamese caramel trout
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 50 g Golden Caster Sugar; 1 tbsp Fish Sauce; 1 Red Chilli; Ginger; 2 Rainbow Trout; 2 head Bok Choi; Lemon; Coriander; Rice

This dish brings together flaky trout with a deeply caramelized sauce, brightened by fresh ginger and chili. The sugar cooks down to a dark amber before fish sauce and aromatics are stirred in, creating a syrupy glaze. Bok choy wilts directly in the pan, soaking up all those flavors. Serve it with steamed rice to soak up every bit of the sauce.

Recipes.zone

August 14, 2026

Back23 minServes 4

Cook mode

pescatarian

Method

2 steps · 23 min total

01
Make the Caramel Sauce
Combine the sugar and a small splash of water in a large, shallow pan. Heat gently, swirling the pan until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat and let the syrup bubble until it turns a dark amber colour.
Carefully add the fish sauce, most of the red chili, and the ginger. Splash in 1 tbsp of water to dilute the caramel, then boil again until the mixture is syrupy. Lay the rainbow trout fillets, skin-side down, into the sauce, along with the bok choy, cut-side down.
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