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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
50 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Sour fish soup with catfish is a soup dish rich in nutrients with the sweet flavor of fish, sour notes from bamboo shoots, pineapple, and tomatoes. If you are looking for a simple, easy-to-make dish that is also delicious, let’s get cooking with TasteVN right now!
Ingredients for Sour Catfish Soup For 4 people
Catfish 500 gr Tomato 200 gr Pineapple 200 gr Sour bamboo shoots 300 gr Okra 100 gr Bean sprouts 100 gr Vietnamese coriander 3 sprigs Mint 300 gr Lemon 1 fruit Garlic 1 bulb (minced) Shallots 3 bulbs (minced) Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Salt/sugar a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to safely choose catfish
- Fresh fish will have clear, transparent eyes, not cloudy, with elastic corneas. The scales will stick tightly to the fish’s skin, arranged closely together, not peeling off.
- The gills will be a pinkish-red color, firmly attached to the gill arches, not slimy. The fish meat will be cohesive, firm, and not loose.
- Avoid buying fish that have swollen bellies and gills, wide open mouths, or signs of fermentation and rotting on the body, as these are fish that have gone bad.
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How to choose the right tomatoes
- Fresh tomatoes will have a bright red skin, plump, without scratches or dark spots on the outside. The stem of the tomato will be green and tightly attached to the fruit.
- Naturally ripened tomatoes will have a fragrant smell that is easily noticeable. When the tomatoes are just ripe, the fruit will have a moderate softness, not too mushy.
- Do not choose tomatoes that have wilted stems, with wrinkled skin on the outside as these are tomatoes that have wilted or are overripe, making them difficult to preserve.
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How to choose fresh pineapples
- Mature pineapples will have a yellow color, with some green spots. It is best to choose pineapples with large eyes as these are naturally ripened fruits.
- You should choose short, slightly round pineapples as these will have more flesh than long ones.
- Do not choose pineapples with cracked skin, mold on the outer skin, or overly soft flesh as these are signs that the fruit is spoiled and cannot be used.
- You can check the ripeness of the pineapple by smelling it; those that are just ripe will have a moderate fragrance, while overly ripe ones will have a strong smell and spoil quickly.
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How to make Sour Fish Soup with Pangasius
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Prepare the Pangasius
First, after buying Pangasius, you need to clean the fish by pouring boiling water over it, then use a knife to scrape off all the slime on the body and head of the fish, using a mixture of lemon and salt to thoroughly rub the fish to remove any remaining slime.
Then, rinse the fish clean, proceed to gut it, and cut it into pieces.
Effective tips to remove the fishy smell from Pangasius- To remove the fishy smell from Pangasius, you can soak the cut pieces of fish in rice washing water for about 15 – 20 minutes, after soaking, take the fish out and rinse it with clean water.
- Salt is also an extremely effective ingredient to remove the fishy smell from Pangasius; you just need to dissolve a little salt in clean water and soak the fish for 5 – 10 minutes, then rinse the fish before cooking.
- In addition, you can use ginger to remove the fishy smell from Pangasius by crushing ginger and slicing it, then putting it in water to soak with the fish for 5 minutes.
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Prepare other ingredients
Mint peeled, cut into short pieces. Okra cut off the ends and then split in half.
Bean sprouts and cilantro washed clean, drained. Cilantro chopped finely. Tomatoes and pineapple cut into wedges.
Sour bamboo shoots soaked in warm water for about 15 minutes, then rinsed with water and torn into small strips for eating, rinsed again with water and drained.
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Marinate the fish
Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pan, fry the shallots until fragrant, stir-fry the tomatoes and pineapple until soft, season with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of salt, then marinate with the fish for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
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Stir-fried sour bamboo shoots
Add 1 spoon of cooking oil to the pan, once the oil is hot, add the sour bamboo shoots and stir-fry over high heat for about 5 minutes, then season the pan with 2 tablespoons of salt.
Continue to cook for another 3 – 5 minutes and adjust the seasoning as needed, then turn off the heat and transfer the bamboo shoots to a plate.
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Cook sour fish soup
Turn on the stove and add filtered water (adjust to serve enough) to the pot with the marinated fish, then bring to a boil, adding 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of salt, and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Add mint, okra, and sour bamboo shoots to the pot, cook for another 3 minutes over high heat, then adjust the seasoning as needed, turn off the heat, add bean sprouts, and sprinkle a little cilantro on top to complete.
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Final Product
The sour fish soup with a rich sweet and sour flavor, packed with nutrients, will make your family meal more diverse and fresh. Let’s get into the kitchen and show off your cooking skills!
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