Tuna Stew with Coconut Juice in Clay Pot

Clay pot cooking uses an old technique now being use all over the world and has a long history stretching back to the Roman Empire. The clay pot retains heat very well. Cooking food in a clay pot is another healthy and simple way to prepare a one-pot meal. So many Asian recipes are prepared in a clay pot. In Vietnam, a clay pot is commonly used to cook food. In Vietnamese, the clay pot is called "noi dat", which means a pot made from clay or dust; A famous recipe, Ca kho to, is fish cooked in a clay pot. Another recipe is chicken & rice cooked in a clay pot. Every cook's kitchen should have one or two different sizes of clay pot because so many recipes use it. I love using it to prepare fish because it will cook on low heat, so the fish will absorb favor slowly, and the result is fantastic.
Equipment:
2 small clay pots*

Ingredients:
Two 8 oz Tuna or Cat fish
2 tbs oil
1 cup fresh pineapple cut into chunks or 1 can of pineapple chunks
1 can fresh coconut juice
1 shallot, chopped
1 tsp mushroom seasoning
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbs fish sauce
2 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp molasses

3 green onions, cut into 3-inch lengths

Directions:
To make stew sauce:
Heat oil in clay pot over medium heat. Add shallot, garlic, and cook for 3 minutes or until fragrant. Add molasses. Stir for 1 minute.

 Pour into pot the coconut juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, mushroom seasoning, salt and black pepper. Bring this sauce to boil. You will not need all the stew sauce, so the leftover sauce can be saved for another time.
Place pineapple chunks onto the bottom of each clay pot, and then the fish.

Pour stew sauce into pot. Bring to boil. Cover and turn the heat to low.

 Cook fish for 1 hour or until all the cooking liquid evaporates. You may have to uncover the pot in the last 10 minutes to help the liquid evaporate more quickly. Throw in the green onions for the last few minutes. Serve with a bowl of steamed white rice.

* I use two clay pots because I like to serve each individual.