VIETNAMESE SWEET & SOUR SOUP (CANH CHUA)
A sweet and sour soup made with pork, catfish, and a variety of traditional Vietnamese vegetables.
Provided by Becca Du
Categories Dinner Entree Main Course
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Add pork to a large soup pot. Cover with water until it just covers the pork. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Take out the pork and then throw away the water. This process cleans the pork. Rinse the pot and add the pork back. Cover the pork with fresh water until it just covers the meat. Bring to a boil.
- Add the onion and simmer for 1.5 hours. Make sure to check every 30 minutes for impurities. Scoop away any you see.
- While the soup is simmering, combine 1 cup of water and tamarind in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and let it simmer until the tamarind dissolves.You can help speed up the process by using the back of a spoon to crush the tamarind. Pour the tamarind through a fine mesh sieve into a small bowl. Set aside.
- After simmering the soup for 1.5 hours, add the pineapple and ginger to the soup. Simmer for another 20 minutes.
- Put the catfish in and simmer for another 10 minutes until it is cooked through.
- Lastly, add the vegetables and tamarind from step 3. Bring the soup to a boil and serve with a side of white rice. Make sure to taste the soup for seasoning and add more salt if it tastes bland.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 706 kcal, Carbohydrate 22 g, Protein 61 g, Fat 41 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, Cholesterol 221 mg, Sodium 821 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 16 g, ServingSize 1 serving
VIETNAMESE SOUR SOUP (CANH CHUA)
Canh Chua is an iconic Vietnamese Sour Soup, loved for its broth that's sweetened by pineapple and garnished with fresh herbs!
Provided by Jeannette
Categories Dinner Lunch Main Course Side Dish Soup
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat up a pot of water and bring it to a boil.
- Meanwhile, add 3 tbsp oil to a saucepan and brown the garlic on low heat for 5 minutes or until golden. Set aside for later.
- With the water boiling, season it with the tamarind powder, chicken bouillon powder, sugar and fish sauce. Bring the heat to a simmer as you prepare the fresh ingredients.
- Chop the pineapple into 4cm (1.6") long chunks.
- Cut the elephant ear plants into 4cm (1.6") long segments by slicing diagonally.
- Cut the okra in half using a diagonal slice.
- Cut the tomatoes into thick wedges.
- Finely chop the rice paddy herb and sawtooth coriander.
- Heat up a wok on high heat and add 4 tbsp oil in. Lower the heat to medium and brown the garlic for 30 seconds.
- Turn the heat back to high and add the fish steaks in to sear on both sides for 3 minutes each side.
- Bring the pot of seasoned water back to a boil and pour the fish and garlic in.
- Add the pineapple, elephant ear plant, okra, tomatoes and browned garlic to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Serve as is garnished with fried garlic, rice paddy herb and sawtooth coriander. Pour a small dish of fish sauce to use as a dip!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 566 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Protein 103 g, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 250 mg, Sodium 2015 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 15 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CANH CHUA CA (SWEET AND SOUR FISH SOUP)
Make and share this Canh Chua Ca (Sweet and Sour Fish Soup) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Recipe Junkie
Categories Vietnamese
Time 30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Steep tamarind paste in cold water from allowance and strain into pot.
- Or if using lime juice, add it to the water or fish stock.
- Combine liquid, sugar, tomatoes, celery and fish sauce, and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add fish, bean sprouts and chilies and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Serve in individual soup bowls and garnish with plenty of mint, sweet basil or coriander, or all three.
- Serve with a side dip of Vietnamese Fish Sauce (nuoc cham).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 83.2, Fat 0.5, SaturatedFat 0.1, Cholesterol 21.3, Sodium 280.9, Carbohydrate 10.1, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 8.8, Protein 10.1
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