.At Sap Sua in Denver, one of our Best New Restaurants of 2024, cook and also co-owner Ni Nguyen intended to feature a model of his beloved Vietnamese food, cu00c3 u00a1 kho (fish braised in a clay container), to the food selection. Requiring a precise method so the recipe might be recreated nightly due to the dining establishment's chefs, Nguyen and also his group at some point settled on a somewhat various techniqueu00e2 $" the darker, lustrous sauce is actually created individually, affording more significant control and also accuracy. Deeply savory with a mild sweetness coming from the coconut water, this recipe is weeknight-fancy food preparation at its own absolute best. Sap Sua uses hamachi collars, but salmon fillets are a much more home-cook-friendly alternate. At the restaurant the food is actually covered along with cu00e1" ' m depu00e2 $" fragile flakes of younger sticky rice. Normal crispy rice grain verifies to be a deserving, restaurant-approved alternative. u00e2 $" Shilpa Uskokovic, senior exam kitchen publisher.