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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
To make a complete meal, besides the savory dishes like stir-fried dishes, braised dishes, soup is an essential part. Today, TasteVN will share with you the recipe for delicious and refreshing mackerel soup for the family. Let’s get cooking right away!
Ingredients for Mackerel Soup For 2 people
Small mackerel 150 gr Vegetable amaranth 200 gr (about 1 bunch) Shallots 20 gr (about 2 bulbs) Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common seasoning a little (salt/MSG/pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh mackerel
- You should choose live mackerel, with clear eyes, shiny scales, and pink gills.
- Fresh mackerel should have a tightly closed mouth, and when pressed on the body, the flesh should be firm and elastic.
- Do not buy mackerel that has a swollen belly, pale color, and scales peeling off the body.
How to choose vegetable amaranth for soup
- You should choose vegetable amaranth with fresh stems, young leaves, and dark green color.
- You should buy bunches of vegetable amaranth that have intact, sturdy leaves and are not wilted.
- Do not choose vegetable amaranth that has flowers, bruised leaves, or is wilting.
How to prepare Mackerel soup
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Prepare the mackerel
When you buy mackerel, cut off the fins, gills, clean the intestines, and wash the fish with 1 tablespoon of salt to eliminate the fishy smell. Rinse the mackerel thoroughly with cold water and let it drain.
Next, place the mackerel in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, and marinate for 10 minutes to let the fish absorb the seasoning.
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Prepare the remaining ingredients
Wash the bulb onion, peel it, and then crush it.
For the water spinach, discard any wilted leaves, strip off the leaves, wash thoroughly, let it drain, and then rinse the spinach again to make it crisp.
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Making mackerel soup with water spinach
You place a pot on the stove and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, then heat it on low flame. When the oil is hot, you add smashed shallots and sauté until fragrant for about 1 minute, then gently stir in the mackerel.
Next, you add 1 bowl of filtered water to the pot and cook for about 5 – 7 minutes until the water boils, then add the water spinach.
Finally, you season the soup with 1/3 teaspoon of seasoning powder and taste it to adjust the flavor, then turn off the stove.
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Final product
So the mackerel soup with water spinach is now complete.
When you eat it, you will feel the soft, fatty taste of the mackerel along with the refreshing soup and the crunchy, delicious water spinach, which is very appealing. Prepare another savory dish to eat with hot rice for a perfect meal!
Product Information
- The dish uses a induction cooker with a power of 2000 W for cooking. With 8 temperature levels from 60 to 270 degrees Celsius, the induction cooker helps cook food in a short time, saving time. The mechanism heats the bottom of the pot directly using magnetic fields, preventing heat loss, shortening cooking time, boiling, etc.
- Simultaneously integrates the function of checking power consumption corresponding to the level of power used so that users can grasp and adjust energy according to their wishes.
- Currently, the product price ranges from 900 thousand to 1 million VND (price updated as of May 2022).
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Hope that with the recipe for mackerel soup that TasteVN has just shared, you will have enjoyable moments in the kitchen and savor the dish! Wishing you success.
