Caramel-Cooked Cod

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This Vietnamese-inspired look requires you to prep the ingredients portion the sweetener is caramelizing, with minimal attention. If the sweetener doesn't melt, effort reducing the vigor and stirring continuously until it liquefies and darkens slightly. Then instrumentality to the remaining prep.

Do not beryllium shy erstwhile adding achromatic capsicum to the caramel sauce. The seasoning should beryllium pronounced, not a inheritance note.

Ingredients

1 cupful sugar
Water
3 oregon 4 shallots
3 limes, oregon much arsenic needed
1/2 cupful food sauce, oregon much arsenic needed
2 bunches scallions
One 1 1/2-pound portion cod fillet (may substitute different thick, white-fleshed food fillet)
1 tablespoonful rootlike oil
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Leaves and tender stems from 1 clump cilantro
Unseasoned atom vinegar, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
400
Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
57 g
Sodium
2360 mg
Cholesterol
75 mg
Protein
33 g
Sugar
52 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "How to Cook Everything Fast," by Mark Bittman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).

Tested by Tim Carman.

Published October 7, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026