Vietnamese Cha Ca (Turmeric Fish)

Name: Vietnamese Cha Ca (Turmeric Fish)
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb white fish fillets, cubed; marinade: turmeric, galangal or ginger, shrimp paste, fish sauce, oil; fresh dill; spring onions; rice vermicelli to serve; peanuts, bean sprouts, nuoc cham to serve

Vietnamese turmeric-marinated fish with dill and spring onion served with noodles. Adding the dill and spring onion only in the last moments of cooking keeps their flavour bright and fresh instead of wilting them into the oil.

Total time

45 min

Prep

35 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

1 lbwhite fish fillets, cubed

marinade: turmeric, galangal or ginger, shrimp paste, fish sauce, oil

fresh dill

spring onions

rice vermicellito serve

peanuts, bean sprouts, nuoc chamto serve

Instructions

Marinate fish 30 min.

Pan-fry in oil until golden on all sides.

Add dill and spring onion at the end; toss briefly.

Serve over vermicelli with peanuts, bean sprouts, and nuoc cham.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

102

Protein

21.5g

Fat

1.1g

Carbs

Fiber

Sodium

68mg

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