In Vietnamese, beef stew is calledbò kho orthịt bò kho and fish stew is calledcá kho orcá kho tộ (tộ referring to the clay pot in which the dish iscooked). The style of cooking, particularly caramelizing fish in a clay pot is considered very old.[4] For fish stew,catfish is preferred, particularly inSouthern Vietnam. Chicken stew, calledgà kho orgà kho gừng (gừng meaning "ginger"), is less popular. Vegetarian stew may also be prepared.
^Nguyen, Sylvia (13 November 2023)."The Art of "Kho"". Nguyen Food Stall. Retrieved13 November 2024.Kho is a traditional Vietnamese cooking method.
^Chau, Giao (24 November 2020)."How to make kho — the ultimate Vietnamese comfort food".Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved4 August 2021.For the uninitiated, kho is a Vietnamese cooking technique and category of dishes in which a main ingredient is simmered in a caramel sauce, seasoned with fish sauce or soy sauce and aromatics such as pepper, garlic, shallots and ginger. .
^Eusebio, Michelle S.; Campos, Fredeliza Z. (19 January 2024). "The Ethnoarchaeology of Restaurants in Southern Vietnam: Fish Stew Culinary Practices and Organic Residues in Earthenware Cooking Pots".Ethnoarchaeology:1–23.doi:10.1080/19442890.2024.2303794.
^Pou, Saveros (1992)."Khmer Cuisine Vocabulary"(PDF).Kambodschanische Kultur.4. Berlin:343–353.Among the above listed verbs, only a few turn out to be loanwords. Kha "to stew in soy- or fish-sauce" could be ascribed to vt. (Vietnamese) kho.
^Goldberg, Lina (22 December 2019)."30 Cambodian foods every visitor needs to try".CNN. Retrieved4 August 2021.The word kha refers to a style of cooking in Cambodia in which palm sugar iscaramelized into a sticky syrup, then used as the base of the dish.
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