Ca Chien (crispy Red Snapper With Spicy Tomato Sauce)

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (i used peanut oil)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium tomato, peeled, seeded and diced
• 2 small red chilies, minced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nuoc mam)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
• 2 tablespoons scallions, chopped
• 1 red snapper, cleaned, scaled

Recipe

• 1 in a medium skillet over high heat, heat the oil until hot.
• 2 reduce the heat to medium-high and add the garlic.
• 3 cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
• 4 add the tomato and chiles and cook for 1 minute.
• 5 add the sugar, fish sauce and water.
• 6 simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened (about 3 minutes).
• 7 remove the sauce from the heat and set aside.
• 8 in a large skillet heat about 1/2 inch of oil.
• 9 lay the snapper in carefully and cook over moderately high heat, without moving, until very brown and crusty (about 14 minutes).
• 10 turn the fish and cook the other side (about 10 minutes.).
• 11 drain the snapper on paper towels.
• 12 to server, put the fish on a platter, pour sauce over it, and using a large fork lift the meat with the skin from the bones.
• 13 turn the fish over and do the same.
• 14 serve with steamed rice.