Kho ca dua Khô cá dứa
Khô cá dứa is sea catfish split, salted, and dried for one sun. The flesh fries or grills to a deep yellow, firm, with only a little fat under the skin.
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One sun leaves the flesh yellow, firm, and without a fishy smell.
A maker in Cần Thạnh says the real dried fish has only a little fat under the skin and fries or grills to a deep yellow. Dried tra or basa weeps fat and goes soft.
How to enjoy it
Fry it or grill it. The same story also names gỏi khô cá dứa, cơm cháy khô cá dứa, cơm vắt khô cá dứa, and a soup, without a method for those plates.
On 17 Feb 2014, one company and 25 processors, and 36 tons a year at the company that had registered a mark. On 14 Oct 2016, 60 producers and about 150 tons a year, vacuum packed, labeled, and kept 3–6 months.
On 14 Oct 2016 three prices: city shops advertising 200,000–250,000 VND a kilogram, a maker’s line that 150,000–200,000 is not the real fish, and a district figure of 370,000–470,000.
Where to try it
Buy from a producer the district supervises.