# Cá ngừ kho cải chua (Stewed Tuna with Pickled Mustard Greens)

This dish is a savory and slightly tangy stew featuring tuna and pickled mustard greens, perfect for serving with rice.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Soup
- Language: vi

## Ingredients

- 20 ml cooking oil
- 5 củ purple onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tép garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 trái hot chilies, cut in half or crushed
- 200 g pickled mustard greens
- 200 ml water
- 10 g sugar
- 2 muỗng ăn cơm watermelon colored water (nước màu dưa hấu)
- 30 ml fish sauce (Sếp Và Quốc brand)
- tuna
- 20 g salt
- 1 lít water for soaking fish
- 1 trái horn pepper, diagonally sliced
- 2 cọng green onions, cut into segments
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Place a pan on the stove and add 20 ml of cooking oil.
2. Add 5 thinly sliced purple onions and 3 crushed garlic cloves.
3. Add 2 hot chilies (cut in half or crushed) to the pan.
4. Sauté until the onions turn golden brown.
5. Add 200 g of pickled mustard greens to the pan and stir-fry on high heat for about 2 minutes until it becomes resilient.
6. Pour in 200 ml of water.
7. Add 10 g of sugar.
8. Add 2 tablespoons of watermelon colored water (nước màu dưa hấu).
9. Add 30 ml of 'Sếp Và Quốc' brand fish sauce.
10. Mix all the ingredients and seasonings evenly.
11. Place the prepared tuna at the bottom of the pan.
12. Cover the tuna with the pickled mustard greens.
13. Add 1 diagonally sliced horn pepper.
14. Stew on low heat until the sauce thickens, for about 15 minutes.
15. Cut 2 green onion stalks into segments, slicing thicker parts thinly.
16. Sprinkle the green onions on top of the stew.
17. Add a generous amount of pepper.
18. Turn off the heat.
19. Serve the stewed tuna with pickled mustard greens on a plate.

## Equipment

- chảo (pan)
- bếp (stove)
- đĩa (plate)

## Tips

- To prevent tuna from being fishy, soak it in a solution of 20g salt per 1 liter of water for 1 hour to let the blood drain.
- When frying the pickled mustard greens, stir-fry on high heat for about 2 minutes to make them more resilient and prevent them from breaking apart during long cooking.
- Use good quality pickled mustard greens for the best flavor.
- Using 'Sếp Và Quốc' brand fish sauce eliminates the need for additional seasoning powder.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18PPmbT7uc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/52bdbe71-8136-4a35-9857-0cf420f4dea7
- Extracted: 2026-03-17

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