2 Simple Ways to Cook Hot and Delicious Gac Seafood Soup with Vegetables and Mushrooms

Prepare the gac

Cut the gac you bought, scoop out the flesh, remove the seeds, put it in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of white wine, and then mash the gac until smooth.

Prepare the seafood

Boil the crab in hot water with 2 slices of ginger, when the crab is cooked, take it out to peel, reserving the cooking water to make the soup.

Shrimp should be rinsed briefly to clean, then boiled until cooked, and similarly, reserve the cooking water to make the soup.

Peel the seafood

Remove the apron and shell from the crab, then extract the crab meat.

Shrimp bought home, peeled, removed the thread, discarded the tail, and then took the meat, after that shredded the meat.

Quickly stir-fry ingredients

Heat a pan and add 1 tablespoon of pork fat into the pan; when the fat melts and is hot, add 2 tablespoons of minced shallots to sauté until fragrant, then add the crab meat and stir-fry for about 30 seconds before adding the gấc meat.

Stir-fry until the ingredients are cooked, then season with 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce, mix well and take out.

Continue to add the shrimp meat into the pan, stir-frying until the shrimp becomes firm, then add 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.

Cook the soup

Add 1 tablespoon of pork fat to the pot, when the fat melts, add 2 tablespoons of minced shallots to sauté, then add the sautéed crab meat and shrimp along with about 2 liters of the broth from boiling the shrimp and crab, mix 4 tablespoons of tapioca flour with 4 tablespoons of water then add to the pot along with American corn, cook for about 1 minute then beat the eggs, while stirring the soup, pour in the eggs and cook until the soup boils, then turn off the heat and ladle the soup into a bowl.

Final product

The Seafood Gấc Soup is rich, delicious, and visually appealing with the bright red color of fresh gấc fruit, fragrant with the taste of sea crab and fresh shrimp, offering an attractive dish that leaves a lasting impression after just one taste.

Simmer vegetables

Wash the apple and pear, then peel and cut into wedges. Cut the corn and green onion into pieces.

Place a pot of water on the stove and add the vegetables, then simmer for 60 minutes. After that, strain to get the broth and separate the corn kernels.

Prepare other ingredients

Cut the gac to remove the skin and seeds, take about 100g of gac flesh and put it in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of white wine, then mash it until smooth.

Clean the chicken thigh mushrooms and cut them into strips. Remove the roots of the enoki mushrooms and cut them in half.

Cooking soup

Place a pot on the stove and add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, when the oil is hot, add the scallions and sauté until fragrant, then add the mushrooms, peas, and gac meat into the pot, stir-fry evenly for about 2 minutes to color.

Continue to add corn, vegetable broth and stir well, seasoning with 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder. Mix 3 tablespoons of tapioca flour with 3 tablespoons of water, gradually pouring the diluted tapioca flour into the pot while stirring the soup, cook until the soup thickens, then turn off the heat.

Finished product

The gac vegetable soup is visually appealing and attractive, with a rich aroma of gac, served with vegetables, promising to be a nutritious and light dish not to be missed.