Braised fish in clay pot

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: about 35 minutes

Ingredients:

3 slices basa fish (about 14 oz/400 g)

100 g (3 ½ oz) pork belly, thinly sliced

6 small shallots (3 thinly sliced, 3 minced)

6 cloves garlic, bruised

1 teaspoon ground pepper

4 teaspoons sugar

2 tablespoons cooking oil

3 tablespoons fish sauce

4 small chilies

3 sprigs scallion, minced

½ teaspoon caramel

Recipe:

1. Marinade fish slices with minced shallots, 3 bruised cloves of garlic, fish sauce, sugar, ½ teaspoon of pepper and caramel in a clay pot. Leave 20 minutes to infuse.
2. Heat a skillet, add 2 tablespoons of oil. When the oil is hot, drop 3 cloves of garlic to brown. Add pork side and stir-fry quickly.
3. Add pork, sliced shallots to the clay pot. Slightly mix the mixture with fish. Heat the clay pot and boil. Add ¼ cup of water and cook over low heat (about 30 minutes) until the water in the clay pot becomes viscid. Add chilies.
4. Sprinkle with scallions and pepper. Remove from heat.
5. Serve hot with cooked rice.