Crab soup is a familiar appetizer in restaurant meals, or you can easily find carts selling crab soup along the streets near universities as a snack. With a cooking method that is not too complicated yet extremely nutritious and easy to digest, let’s join cooking to learn 2 delicious and attractive ways to make crab soup with mushrooms!
1. Snow Mushroom Crab Soup
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Snow Mushroom Crab Soup For 4 people
Crab meat 400 gr Chicken breast 300 gr Eggs 2 pieces Quail eggs 20 pieces Snow mushrooms 40 gr Fresh bamboo shoots 300 gr Carrot 1 piece Cilantro 2 branches Onion 1 piece Tapioca starch 4 tablespoons Broth 3.5 liters (chicken boiling water or bone broth) Common spices a little (Salt/ sugar/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh snow mushrooms
- You should choose snow mushrooms with a complete shape, not torn, and without mold on the surface.
- You should choose snow mushrooms that are light yellow in color because they will have more nutrients.
- Do not choose snow mushrooms with strange smells or pure white color as these mushrooms contain chemicals that are not good for health.
How to choose fresh bamboo shoots
- You should choose fresh bamboo shoots, with coarse shapes, evenly sized segments, not bent, crispy but tender, and without yellow leaves.
- In addition, fresh bamboo shoots will have thin, crispy skin, high water content, and a delicious fresh taste with a distinctive aroma.
- Do not choose bamboo shoots that are too white or unusually dark yellow and have a foul smell as they are often treated with chemicals.
How to prepare Snow Mushroom Crab Soup
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Preparing the ingredients
Peel 1 carrot, wash it, and then cut it into small cubes. Onion cut in half, and 2 stalks of cilantro wash and chop finely after cutting off the roots.
Soak the snow mushrooms you bought in a bowl of water for about 3 hours until the mushrooms expand. Then remove the mushrooms, wash them, and use a knife to cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
How to properly prepare snow mushroomsFor dried snow mushrooms, you should soak them in warm water for at least 30 minutes, then wash them thoroughly and use a paper towel to absorb all the water before cooking.
See details: How to properly prepare snow mushrooms
Wash bamboo shoots, drain them, and then use a knife to cut them into thin strips. Next, put a pot on the stove with about 600ml of water and bring it to a boil, then add the bamboo shoots and boil for about 10 minutes over medium heat.
After that, remove the bamboo shoots and rinse them again with cold water, then place them back in the pot for a second boil for about 10 more minutes. Then remove the bamboo shoots, wash them clean, and let them drain.
How to properly prepare fresh bamboo shootsSee details: How to properly prepare fresh bamboo shoots
Chicken breast you bought should be soaked in diluted salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse it thoroughly with clean water. Next, place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water to boil, then add 300g of chicken breast and boil on high heat.
Add 1 onion cut in half, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into the pot of boiling water. Boil for about 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked, then remove and shred the chicken meat.
The crab meat you bought should be frozen, then thawed and placed in a bowl.
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Boil quail eggs
Place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water to boil, then add 20 quail eggs and boil on medium heat for 10 minutes until the eggs are cooked.
After that, remove the eggs to cool and then peel them clean. Next, use a knife to cut 5 eggs into beautiful shapes for decoration.
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Cook the crab soup
Add 4 tablespoons of tapioca flour into a bowl, then add 250ml of filtered water and stir well. Crack 2 chicken eggs into another bowl and whisk the eggs.
Next, place a pot on the stove, add 3.5 liters of broth to the pot, then add diced carrots along with 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
After that, add 300g of fresh bamboo shoots and 100g of prepared snow fungus into the pot, then continue adding the remaining ingredients including chicken meat and 400g of crab meat into the pot to cook over high heat until boiling, then reduce to medium heat.
To create thickness for the soup, add the bowl of tapioca water into the pot, then add all 15 peeled quail eggs.
Then, pour the mixed eggs through a sieve and into the soup pot, stirring gently in one direction so the eggs will form beautiful strands. Cook the soup over medium heat for about 15 minutes to complete.
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Final Product
You scoop the soup into a bowl, decorate it with beautifully trimmed quail eggs, sprinkle a little cilantro and ground pepper, and it’s ready to enjoy.
The hot and fragrant soup will let you experience the gentle sweetness blending between chicken and crab meat, chewy snow mushrooms, fresh sweet and crunchy bamboo shoots, enhanced by the richness of quail eggs, ensuring that the more you eat, the more you will love it.
2. Crab Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Crab Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms For 4 people
Crab 3 pieces (about 1kg) Shiitake mushrooms 20 gr Scallops 100 gr Chicken bones 500 gr Chicken breast bones 500 gr Quail eggs 30 pieces Eggs 3 pieces Duck eggs 4 pieces Carrot 1 piece Cassava 1 piece Cilantro roots 10 gr Corn 2 ears Cornstarch 100 gr Tapioca flour 100 gr Rock sugar 2 teaspoons Common spices a little (Seasoning/ salt/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh shiitake mushrooms
- You should choose shiitake mushrooms that are large, thick, which will taste good and crunchy, have a shiny black color, thin caps, light, and look bright and clean, one side has a gray color, feel dry to the touch, without a gritty sensation, and do not have any strange smell.
- If the shiitake mushrooms do not have a yellow, brown, or white color, and the color is uneven with some other mixed colors or has black or white spots, then the mushrooms may have been stored too long, causing them to deteriorate and mold, which should absolutely not be chosen.
How to choose delicious fresh chicken bones
- To choose good chicken bones, you must select fresh chicken, which has pink-red meat and no unpleasant or strange odors.
- For frozen chicken bones in supermarkets, prioritize reputable brands, with clear origin, and check for an expiration date on the packaging to ensure quality.
- You can use chicken bones, chicken feet, chicken breast, or a whole chicken.
How to choose delicious Century Eggs
- It is advisable to buy Century Eggs that still have their outer shell intact, with no unpleasant or strange odors.
- Delicious Century Eggs have a shell that is a mixed black and white color like salt when you peel off the outer layer of straw, sometimes creating patterns on the surface.
- Choose clean and reputable production facilities to buy quality-assured eggs.
How to choose delicious fresh scallop roe
- You can buy scallops and extract the roe yourself or purchase pre-packaged scallop roe at supermarkets, food stores, or reputable clean production facilities to prepare this dish.
- When buying scallops that have been shucked, choose those with a fresh smell, firm texture, and slightly translucent color. Do not select scallops that have a fishy smell and are slimy.
- For scallops with shells, choose those with intact shells, not chipped or broken. Additionally, the shells should be tightly closed but not completely sealed.
How to prepare Crab Mushroom Soup
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Prepare chicken bones and cook the broth
Wash the chicken bones and chicken breast thoroughly, then place a pot of water on the stove, add 500ml of filtered water and 1/2 spoon of salt, then add the chicken and wait for the water to boil for about 1 minute before removing the chicken and rinsing it with clean water.
Place another pot on the stove, add all the bones and blanched chicken breast, pour in 3 liters of filtered water, boil on high heat and cover until the water boils, then reduce to medium heat. In the meantime, use a ladle to skim off the foam.
After cooking for 10 minutes, remove the chicken breast, let it cool, and shred it. Keep the bones cooking for about 1 hour.
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Preparing the crab
To clean the dirt on the crab, rinse the crab you bought with water and scrub every nook and cranny on its body.
Then place a pot on the stove, add the crab, and pour about 250ml of water until it just covers the crab’s surface.
Boil the crab for about 15 minutes over medium heat from the time the water starts to boil. After that, turn the crab over and boil for another 15 minutes to ensure it cooks evenly.
Then take it out to cool and use your hands to remove all the crab meat.
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Preparing other ingredients
Soak 20g of dried shiitake mushrooms in water for about 30 minutes, changing the water about 3 – 4 times to remove some of the dark water, then cut them into strips.
How to quickly soften dried shiitake mushrooms- If using dried shiitake mushrooms for cooking, you need to soak them for 30 minutes to a few hours to soften; do not soak for less than 30 minutes to avoid uneven softness, which can affect the taste.
- To soften the mushrooms quickly, you should soak them whole, not slice or chop them before soaking.
- After soaking, place the mushrooms in a colander to drain quickly; when cooking, the mushrooms will retain their shape and texture, not become mushy or overly soft.
See details: How to quickly soften dried shiitake mushrooms
Peel 1 cassava root and cut it into large pieces. Peel the carrot and cut it into small cubes. Remove the husks from 2 ears of corn and cut them into quarters, saving 2 rounds of corn to cut the kernels off for making soup.
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Boil eggs
Put a pot of water on the stove, add 500ml of water, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and put 4 quail eggs and 30 duck eggs to boil over medium heat.
When the water boils, remove the duck eggs. For the quail eggs, wait about 5 minutes after the water boils, then take them out.
Then you use your hands to peel the quail and duck eggs clean.
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Cook crab soup
When the broth has been simmering for 1 hour, add the cassava, corn, 10g of cilantro roots, and 100g of scallops to cook together.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of rock sugar to the pot and continue to simmer for about 1 hour. After that, remove all the vegetables and chicken bones from the pot and strain the broth through a sieve.
Continue to cook the soup over medium heat until it comes to a boil again, then add the carrots to the pot, season with 1 teaspoon of salt, 3 teaspoons of seasoning, adjust the taste to your liking, and then add all the prepared ingredients including corn, shiitake mushrooms, quail eggs, chicken meat, and crab meat to the pot.
To create thickness for the soup, mix 100g of corn starch, 100g of tapioca starch, and 100ml of water in a bowl, stir well, and then add it to the soup pot.
Separate the egg whites and yolks of 3 eggs into bowls, beat them well, then strain them so that the egg whites go into the pot first, followed by the yolks to create strands of egg. After that, stir the soup well to finish.
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Finished Product
Scoop the soup into a bowl, add a little sesame oil and cilantro on top, cut a half century egg and sprinkle a little ground pepper to enjoy.
The bowl of soup is fragrant, sweet with a moderate thickness, soft and chewy shiitake mushrooms, sweet and starchy vegetables, and rich quail eggs complemented by the characteristic rich taste of century eggs, making the soup even more enticing.
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Crabs
- When choosing crabs, look for an opaque gray shell on the outside, press on the crab’s belly to feel it is firm, and a large belly indicates the crab has a lot of meat. To make the soup delicious, you should choose male crabs as they contain more meat.
- You should choose very fresh crabs, with the barnacles still firmly attached to the body, legs, and claws moving vigorously and flexibly, and the spines on the claws and crab shell still intact.
- You can also buy pre-shelled crab meat available on the market; when purchasing this type of crab, you need to check that the packaging and labels have clear origins including the production date and expiration date, well-packaged with the crab meat still looking fresh.
- When buying pre-shelled crab, you need to observe if the crab meat pieces are large and thick; if it’s all crab fragments, it’s highly likely that the crab meat is sourced from low-quality crabs.
How to properly prepare crab
- First, you flip the crab onto its back, then use a sharp object to stab the abdomen (triangular part) until the crab stops moving completely.
- Next, remove the crab’s binding, use a brush and scrub the crab thoroughly under running water, especially in areas with a lot of algae sticking to the crab such as: both sides, claws, legs,… to remove dirt.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- You should choose carrots that are bright in color, firm, straight, and smooth, preferably those with the tops intact, with fresh green leaves, not wilted.
- Avoid carrots that are pale in color, with scratched skin and many small holes on the surface.
- Do not choose carrots that have signs of wilting at the top, bruised stems, slimy texture, or spots, and feel soft when pressed.
How to choose fresh and delicious quail eggs
- Choose quail eggs with beautiful shells, clear patterns, without gray color, rough shapes, or any bumps on the shell.
- Fresh quail eggs will have a thin white powdery layer on the outside of the shell, and the eggs will be of uniform size.
- You should choose quail eggs that feel firm in your hand, and when shaken, you should not hear a sound like liquid sloshing inside.
- Avoid buying quail eggs with soft shells, cracks, or leaking, as these are spoiled eggs.
Above is a guide on 2 ways to cook mushroom crab soup that is extremely delicious and attractive, with a method that is not too complicated. What are you waiting for to add this nutritious dish to your family’s menu! TasteVN wishes you success.
