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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Carp Noodles Serves 4
Carp 0.5 kg Fresh noodles 0.5 kg Tomatoes 200 gr Shallots 6 bulbs Green onions 3 sprigs (chopped) Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Salt/ ground pepper a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh carp
- First, when choosing carp, you should prioritize buying live fish, as this will ensure the meat is firmer and sweeter compared to pre-prepared fish.
- To select fresh carp, you should choose carp of moderate size, with a long and slender body, shiny scales tightly adhering to the body, and bright red gills.
- Avoid choosing fish with flaky scales, and if you press gently and feel the flesh is soft or mushy, lacking elasticity, as this indicates the fish is spoiled, resulting in a mushy and very fishy taste when eaten.
How to choose delicious and safe fresh noodles
- You should prioritize buying fresh noodles from production facilities, stores, or reputable supermarkets like Bách hoá XANH to ensure quality!
- Delicious and safe fresh noodles will have a cloudy white color, a moderate chewiness, moist, soft, and slightly sticky strands.
- You should not choose noodles that are too white, have a slimy texture, and smell sour. These are signs that the noodles have been stored for too long or have gone bad.
- Additionally, to ensure food safety, you can make fresh noodles at home following the instructions from TasteVN.
Tools needed
Air fryer, non-stick pan, pot, knife, bowl,…
How to prepare Carp Noodle Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
To eliminate the fishy smell of carp, you should rub the fish with a little salt to remove the slime, then rinse it clean. Use a knife to separate the fish bones from the meat, then cut the fish meat into bite-sized pieces, about 2 – 3 finger lengths long.
Effective tips to remove the fishy smell of carp- Method 1: You can use salt and a little lemon to rub on the fish to reduce the slime, then rinse it clean and prepare it as usual.
- Method 2: Soak the fish in a bowl of diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, then rinse with clean water and let it drain.
- Method 3: Pound a piece of ginger, then soak the fish with a little white wine and the crushed ginger for about 5 – 10 minutes, then take it out, rinse it clean and let it drain.
See details: Effective tips to remove the fishy smell of carp
Wash the tomatoes, remove the stem, then cut them into wedges. Shallots peel off the skin, rinse briefly with water, keep 3 whole bulbs and slice the other 3 bulbs thinly.
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Fry the carp
Place the cut pieces of carp into the air fryer, fry the carp for 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
Tip: If you don’t have an air fryer, you can fry it in a pan. To prevent the fish from burning while frying, keep the heat low and frequently turn the fish!
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Simmer the fish bones
Place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and 3 whole shallots into the pot. Next, add all the carp bones into the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
After the water has boiled for about 5 – 10 minutes, turn off the heat. Pour the simmered water along with the fish bones into a bowl.
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Cooking the broth
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pot, and turn the heat to medium. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add the sliced tomatoes and shallots to sauté until fragrant.
Next, pour the fish bone broth that you just cooked into the pot, add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and turn the heat to high to bring the broth to a boil.
When the broth is boiling, add the fried carp to the pot, season with 1 teaspoon of salt, and adjust the seasoning to taste. Sprinkle chopped green onions and a little ground pepper on top, then turn off the heat.
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The final product
Arrange the noodles in a bowl, ladle the broth over the noodles until fully submerged, and add some pieces of carp. The delicious and sweet broth combined with the crispy carp is extremely appealing.
Carp noodle soup can be served with various types of herbs along with a bowl of spicy fish sauce for the perfect finish.
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Above is the recipe for carp noodle soup that is both delicious and extremely simple that TasteVN wants to introduce to you. We hope that this recipe will help you change your family meal menu to be more diverse!
