Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Canh cải bẹ xanh cá thác lác is not only delicious and appealing but also easy to make, making it an ideal choice for your family’s menu. Let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen to learn how to prepare this soup dish right away, the recipe is shared by sister Nhung!
Ingredients for Canh cải bẹ xanh cá thác lác For 4 people
Cá thác lác 100 gr Cải bẹ xanh 300 gr Hành lá 5 stalks Ngò rí A little Dầu ăn 2 tablespoons Common seasonings A little (salt/ sugar/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh cải bẹ xanh
- Choose stalks of cải that have a bright green color, feel firm to the touch, and are crisp and easy to break.
- Avoid choosing wilted, yellowing stalks with signs of pests on the stems and leaves. Especially avoid choosing cải that has bolted, as it will be old, very pungent and strong.
- It’s best to go to the market or supermarket in the morning to pick the freshest green cải.
How to choose good cá thác lác
- For fresh cá thác lác: Choose fish with clear eyes, shiny scales, firm flesh, and thick body for easier scraping of meat.
- For pre-processed cá thác lác: choose fish meat that is bright, pink or light pink, not discolored or pale green, and has no strange smell.
- If you buy pre-packaged fish meat, choose those with intact packaging, closest expiration date, and purchase from reputable places.
How to make Green Mustard Soup with Snakehead Fish
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Prepare the ingredients
First, wash the green mustard thoroughly, drain, and cut into pieces about 1 finger length.
Chop the green onions to get the green part and pound it together with 1 teaspoon of ground pepper.
Coriander should be washed and chopped finely.
For the snakehead fish, mix it with spices including: half of the pounded green onion, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
Then use a mortar and pestle to pound evenly; the more you pound the fish, the longer and tastier it will be.
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Cooking the soup
Next, you boil 800ml of water and add in half of the remaining crushed onion.
Then use a spoon or your hands to roll the fish into balls and drop them into the pot.
When the water boils again, add the mustard greens.
Season with 1 tablespoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, then stir well until the water boils, taste and adjust seasoning as needed, then turn off the heat.
Serve the soup in a bowl, add a little cilantro, and enjoy!
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Final product
Just a few simple steps and you have a delicious mustard greens fish soup.
The mustard greens retain their crispness and appealing green color, the fish is chewy and sweet, combined with the clear, sweet broth, fragrant with green onion, making it extremely appetizing.
You can enjoy it with a bowl of spicy chili fish sauce to enhance the flavor of the dish!
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Above is the way to cook sweet leaf mustard soup with snakehead fish that is refreshingly delicious and appealing for the whole family. What are you waiting for to make this dish for your family? Wish you success!
*Image source and recipe referenced from Facebook: TuyetNhung Tran
