🇰🇭 Cambodian Cuisine

Sngor Chruok Trey

Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot

Prep Time 15 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 292 kcal

Fish fillets braised in a sweet-savory palm sugar caramel with black pepper and fish sauce, slowly cooked in a traditional Cambodian clay pot.

Ingredients

1 Heat palm sugar in a clay pot over medium heat until it melts and turns amber.
2 Add oil, garlic, and shallots. Stir 30 seconds.
3 Add fish sauce, pepper, and water. Stir to combine with caramel.
4 Nestle fish chunks into the sauce. Cover and braise on low heat for 20 minutes.
5 Garnish with green onions. Serve directly from the clay pot with rice.

Did You Know?

Clay pot cooking is essential to this dish, as the porous clay imparts a unique earthy flavor to the caramel.