[Paul P. H. Mak] Recipe from my good chef friend Gilbert, his restaurant is in Rodenbach, Germany. It took me 8 years trying to get him to tell me his secret dressing which I love. One evening, after a few drinks, he wrote it down for me.
Cá Kho (Caramelized Catfish) is a classic and popular Viet dish that can be a bit intimidating to make. I wanted to share my family’s fool proof recipe here for future reference and for anyone who is interested to give it a try. Besides the easy to make premade sauce nước mắm kho, you also need homemade thick caramel sauce (nước màu), and together you can create this yummy classic favorite fool proof. I said fool proof because there will be no guessing in the amount of sugar and fish sauce to add to get that balanced flavor in this dish. You can’t really mess up if you follow my recipe. I also share the video I filmed of my mom’s making the caramel sauce. Hope this is helpful. Any questions, feel free to ask