Vietnamese-Inspired Sweet & Spicy Catfish with Pickled Vegetables

Name: Vietnamese-Inspired Sweet & Spicy Catfish with Pickled Vegetables
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp Black Sesame Seeds, toasted; 2 Tbsps black sesame seeds, toasted; 2 Carrots, cut into 4 pieces lengthwise, sliced thin; 680 grams Catfish; 3 Tbsps Cider Vinegar; 2 Tbsps Cilantro, chopped; 1 Cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded, sliced thin; 355 milliliters Edamame; 3 Garlic Cloves, minced or pressed; 59 milliliters Greek Yogurt; 59 milliliters Honey; 0 teaspoons Honey; 3 Tbsps Honey; 4 Radishes, sliced thin; 1 Small Red Onion, sliced thin; 397 grams Box of Rice Noodles; 3 Tbsps Rice Vinegar; 0 teaspoons Salt; 1 teaspoon Salt; 1 pinch each of Salt and Pepper; 2 Scallions, minced; 1 Tbsps Sesame Oil; 1 Tbsp sesame oil; 1 teaspoons Sriracha; 1 Tbsp Sriracha; 2 Tbsps Tamari (or soy sauce); 2 Tbsps Ginger, minced or grated on microplane

Vietnamese-Inspired Sweet & Spicy Catfish with Pickled Vegetables might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 834 calories, 42g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have on microplane, cilantro, sesame oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Marinate the Fish -

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Fish

Put the fish in a ziplock bag.

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Fish

Mix all of the remaining ingredients under Fish Ingredients together and pour in the ziplock bag. Put in the fridge while you prepare the remaining components or up to 2 hours.

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Fish

Pickle the Vegetables -

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Vegetable

Pickles

Mix together the two vinegars, the 1/4 cup honey, 1/2 teaspoon Sriracha, 1 teaspoon salt.

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Sriracha

Honey

Salt

Add the carrots, onions, radishes, and cucumber and mix together. Set aside for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. Note - you can really use any combo of these veggies you wish.

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Cucumber

Radish

Carrot

Onion

Make the yogurt sauce -

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Yogurt

Sauce

Mix together the yogurt, 1 tablespoon Sriracha, 1/4 teaspoon honey, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.

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Sriracha

Yogurt

Honey

Salt

Make the noodles and edamame - Boil water and add the rice noodles. About 2 minutes before the noodles are done, add the edamame. Cook until al dente.

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Rice Noodles

Edamame

Pasta

Water

Drain and Rinse with cold water. Return to the pot and just before serving, add the sesame seeds, 4-6 TB (to taste) of the vegetable pickling liquid, and salt to taste.

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Sesame Seeds

Vegetable

Water

Salt

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Pot

Cook the fish: Broil for about 6-10 minutes until browned and cooked through. The cooking time really depends on the thickness of your fish.

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Fish

Assemble the Dish: In a shallow bowl or plate, place a mound of noodles and edamame, top with a piece of fish, drizzle the yogurt sauce over the fish, top with a scoop of the picked vegetables (drained of the pickling juice), and sprinkle with cilantro.

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Vegetable

Cilantro

Edamame

Pasta

Yogurt

Juice

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Fish

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Bowl

Enjoy!

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Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Catfish can be paired with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. 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. The Alsace Willm Pinot Gris Reserve with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 16 dollars per bottle.