Caramel-braised Cod

Name: Caramel-braised Cod
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dried red chile flakes; more to taste; 454 grams cod fillets, 1 inch thick; 4 servings Cooked jasmine rice or other long-grain rice for serving; 3 Tbs fish sauce; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbs olive oil; 0 teaspoons salt; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 scallion (white and light green parts), thinly sliced

Caramel-braised Cod might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe has 313 calories, 23g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have chile flakes; more, olive oil, jasmine rice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Combine the chile flakes, salt, and 1 tsp. sugar in a small bowl. Rub the fish with half of the mixture and set aside.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Sugar

Fish

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Bowl

Combine the other half of the mixture with 1/4 cup water, the oil, and the fish sauce; set aside.

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Fish Sauce

Water

Cooking Oil

Put the remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a large, heavy-based saut pan with straight sides and cook over high heat until the sugar starts to melt at the edges and turns golden brown, about 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium when the sugar starts browning and stir energetically with a wooden spoon. When the caramel is a reddish mahogany brown (another 1 to 2 minutes), take the pan off the heat. Stirring gently, slowly add 1/2 cup water to the pan; be careful, as the caramel may steam or spatter. If the caramel doesnt dissolve completely, return the pan to medium heat and stir until dissolved. Stir in the fish sauce mixture.

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Fish Sauce

Caramel

Sugar

Water

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Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

Put the fish in a single layer in the saut pan. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat and braise the fish, uncovered; use a soupspoon to baste the fish with the sauce occasionally. After about 7 minutes, gently flip the fish and continue to braise and baste until the fish is opaque throughout, another 5 to 7 minutes.

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Sauce

Fish

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Frying Pan

Serve with the sauce over the rice, sprinkled with the scallion slices.

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Green Onions

Sauce

Rice

Size

with 1/2 cup rice, Calories

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Rice

380, Fat

8, Fat Calories

70, Saturated Fat

1, Protein

33, Monounsaturated Fat

5, Carbohydrates

1280, Cholesterol

75, Fiber

Photo: Scott Phillips

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41, Polyunsaturated Fat

1, Sodium

Equipment

Bowl

Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoon

dried red chile flakes; more to taste 454grams

cod fillets, 1 inch thick 4servings

Cooked jasmine rice or other long-grain rice for serving 3Tbs

fish sauce 59milliliters

granulated sugar 2Tbs

olive oil 0teaspoons

salt 4servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1

scallion (white and light green parts), thinly sliced

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are great choices for Cod. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. You could try Menage a Trois Limelight Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 11 dollars per bottle.