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Sour Soup with Snakehead Fish
Rate this recipeThe smell of snakehead fish sour soup follows every Vietnamese from childhood into adulthood. Over the years, its delicious flavor has stayed the same and never once disappointed.
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Ingredients
12
Time
45 minutes
Servings
4
Level
Easy
Ingredients
Snakehead fish
500 g
Tomatoes
2 piece
Pineapple
0.5 piece
Taro stems (bac ha)
1 stalk
Okra
10 piece
Bean sprouts
80 g
Tamarind
70 g
Celery
1 stalk
Culantro (ngo gai)
1 sprig
Rice paddy herb (ngo om)
1 sprig
Minced shallots
1 tablespoon
Minced garlic
1 tablespoon
Implementation Steps
01
- Wash and clean the snakehead fish (it's best to ask the fishmonger to do this for you).
- Cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- Bring a pot of water to the boil and cook the fish with a little salt. When cooked, lift it out and drain.
- Cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- Bring a pot of water to the boil and cook the fish with a little salt. When cooked, lift it out and drain.
02
- Put the tamarind in a bowl with a little hot water and extract the juice.
- Wash the tomatoes and pineapple and cut them into chunks.
- Finely chop the culantro, rice paddy herb and celery.
- Finely chop the okra and taro stems.
- Wash the tomatoes and pineapple and cut them into chunks.
- Finely chop the culantro, rice paddy herb and celery.
- Finely chop the okra and taro stems.
03
- Heat a little oil in a pot and fry the minced garlic and shallots until fragrant.
- Once fragrant, add the tomatoes and stir-fry until soft, then add 1.2 l of water.
- Once fragrant, add the tomatoes and stir-fry until soft, then add 1.2 l of water.
04
- Add the tamarind juice and a little seasoning powder, salt and sugar.
- When the water boils, add the okra, celery, taro stems and bean sprouts in turn.
- When the water boils, add the okra, celery, taro stems and bean sprouts in turn.
05
- Finally, add the fish and season with a little fish sauce and seasoning powder to suit your family's taste.
- Ladle into bowls and top with a little rice paddy herb and culantro.
Good luck!
- Ladle into bowls and top with a little rice paddy herb and culantro.
Good luck!
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Sour Soup with Snakehead Fish