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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fish Soup Serves 4 people
Fish 500 gr Dọc mùng 300 gr (bạc hà) Tomatoes 2 pieces (or 200gr cherry tomatoes) Turmeric 1 piece Shallots 4 bulbs Chili 2 pieces Leaf lettuce 5 leaves Coriander 5 sprigs Common spices a little (Salt/ sugar/ seasoning/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh beef fish
- To choose fresh beef fish, you should take advantage of going to the market early to buy the freshest fish, with clear, bright eyes and a visible pupil inside.
- In addition, when buying, you should choose fish with bright red gills tightly attached to the body, and when you touch it, the flesh should feel firm, sticking closely together, not loose and having good elasticity.
- Avoid buying fish that smell fishy or slightly sour, and have swollen bodies with pale colors. Because these fish have gone bad and are not delicious.
How to choose fresh water morning glory
- Good water morning glory will have a light green outer skin, smooth skin, and a certain freshness; when you touch it, you can still feel the crispness of the stem.
- Choose water morning glory stems that are straight, of moderate size, dry, and feel light when held.
- To ensure the freshness of water morning glory, it is best to buy them whole, not cut, because at this time, you can easily check their freshness.
- Avoid buying oversized water morning glory, as these may have been grown in places with many impurities or have been over-fertilized or sprayed with chemicals.
- Do not buy water morning glory that is dark, soft, or oozing water, as they have gone bad and are no longer usable.
- Limit buying cut pieces of water morning glory, as these may be old stems.
How to choose fresh tomatoes
- Good tomatoes will have a bright red outer skin, evenly colored, juicy, and feel neither too hard nor too soft and emit a gentle, distinctive aroma.
- Prioritize choosing tomatoes that still have fresh green stems tightly attached to the top. This indicates that they have just been picked, so they will be fresher and tastier when eaten.
- Avoid choosing tomatoes that are bruised, with dry or missing stems, and feel light and soft when held. Because these tomatoes are no longer fresh and do not ensure quality.
How to prepare sour soup with beef fish
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Prepare the beef fish
To remove the fishy smell of beef fish, after purchasing, use scissors to cut off the gills, gut it, remove the intestines, scrape off the scales, and wash it thoroughly with water until the fish is free of blood and fishy smell, then rinse again 2 times with diluted saltwater and let it drain.
Effective ways to remove fishy smell
- Method 1: After cleaning and cutting the fish into pieces, soak it in rice water for about 15 – 20 minutes, then take it out and rinse with clean water.
- Method 2: Mix salt with water and soak the fish for about 5 – 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse several times with water.
- Method 3: Soak the fish in diluted white vinegar for about 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
See details: Effective quick ways to remove fishy smell
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Prepare other ingredients
After purchasing, you need to peel off the thin outer skin of the water lily stem, wash it clean, let it drain, and cut it diagonally into bite-sized pieces.
Wash the tomatoes, remove the stems, and use a knife to cut them into small wedge-shaped pieces. If you are using cherry tomatoes, leave them whole, just remove the stems.
Wash the wild betel leaves and cilantro, let them drain, and then chop them finely. Remove the stems from the chili, wash it clean, and chop it finely.
Peel the shallots, chop them finely. Peel the turmeric, wash it clean, and chop it finely.
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Marinate the fish
Marinate the snakehead fish with finely chopped turmeric, finely chopped shallots, finely chopped chili, tomatoes, 1 spoon of salt, 1 spoon of sugar, 1 spoon of seasoning, and 1 spoon of monosodium glutamate.
Mix well and let it marinate for 5 – 10 minutes for the fish to absorb the flavors.
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Cooking soup
Put the pot of beef fish on the stove, turn on medium heat, and cook for about 5 minutes until the beef fish is firm, the tomatoes are fragrant and evenly absorbed with spices, then add about 1 liter of filtered water into the pot. Cook on high heat for about 3 minutes until the soup water boils.
When the water boils, taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking, then add the water spinach, wait for it to boil again and turn off the heat, ladle the soup into a bowl, add chopped wild betel leaves and coriander, and it’s done!
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Final product
A bowl of hot sour beef fish soup, emitting an incredibly enticing aroma. When eating, you will feel the fatty and sweet taste of the beef fish blended with the balanced sweet and sour flavor of the soup.
Make an extra bowl of sweet and sour fish sauce or a bowl of salty fish sauce for dipping with the fish, it will be super delicious and ensure you will want more rice!
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Hopefully, through the detailed steps guided in the article above, you can make beef cooked in sour soup delicious and unique. Wishing you success and a warm and happy meal!
