If you’re tired of rice, why not try changing the dish for your family meal with the incredibly delicious squid noodle soup. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to showcase your cooking skills with this simple recipe!
1. Squid Noodle Soup
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Preparation
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Squid Noodle Soup Serves 4
Noodles 1 kg Pork bones 500 gr Dried shrimp 20 gr Dried squid 20 gr Squid 500 gr Minced meat 200 gr Onion 1 piece White radish 1 piece Shallots 4 pieces Chives 50 gr Bean sprouts 200 gr Celery 50 gr Rock sugar 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (pepper/salt/sugar/…)
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How to prepare Squid Noodle Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the pork bones thoroughly with salt water. Soak the dried shrimp in water until soft, then rinse.
Lightly grill the dried squid. Grill the onion and shallots until fragrant. Peel the radish and cut it into pieces.
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Cook the broth
Pour 1.5 liters of water into a large pot, add 500 grams of pork bones, 20 grams of dried shrimp, 20 grams of dried squid, 1 onion, 4 shallots, and season with 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Simmer the broth over low heat for about 1 hour.
Regularly skim off the foam and simmer on low heat to keep the squid noodle broth clear.
After simmering the bones for 1 hour, remove the onion and shallots. Season the broth with 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of rock sugar, and 2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
Once the squid noodle broth boils again, turn off the heat.
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Processing minced meat and squid
Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, add minced meat and stir-fry until cooked, season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
Clean the squid and cut it into round rings.
Prepare another pot of water, bring it to a boil and blanch the squid rings until cooked. Only blanch the squid until just done; if blanched too long, the squid will become tough.
Note: Fried onions help make the squid noodle soup richer and more delicious. If you make fried onions and garlic at home, use the oil used for frying onions and garlic to stir-fry the meat for a more fragrant result.
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Completing the squid noodle soup
Quickly blanch the noodle strands and place them in individual bowls.
Add minced meat, squid, broth, a few slices of chili, and sprinkle fried garlic, fried shallots, and serve with water spinach, chives, and bean sprouts.
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Final product
The broth is delicious and sweet from the stewed bones, the squid is crunchy and tasty, and the meat is flavorful, which is very appealing, right? A hot bowl of squid noodle soup will bring delicious and nutritious meals to your family.
2. Squid and shrimp noodle soup with quail eggs
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Preparation
45 minutes
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Difficulty level
Medium
Ingredients for Making Egg Noodles with Squid and Shrimp For 3 people
Noodles 1 kg Pork bones 1 kg Shrimp 400 gr Squid 800 gr Minced meat 200 gr Quail eggs 20 eggs Dried squid 30 gr Onion 1 bulb White radish 1 bulb Coriander a little Fried garlic 1 teaspoon Fried onion 1 teaspoon Chopped red onion 1 tablespoon Lemon 1/2 fruit Green chili salt 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Rock sugar 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common spices a little (sugar/seasoning salt/salt)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to Choose Fresh Shrimp
- Shrimp shell: Choose shrimp with a transparent outer shell that has a characteristic seafood smell, not rotten, and without dark patches or inconsistent colors. The outer shell of the shrimp should be dry, not slimy.
- Shrimp shape: Fresh shrimp will have a straight body, while shrimp that have been stored for a long time will curl up. The shrimp body should be firm, not soft or mushy.
- Shrimp head, tail, and legs: Fresh shrimp will have heads, legs, and tails that are firmly attached to the body, with the tail folded together. If the shrimp tail is spread out, it may have been injected with additives. Do not choose shrimp with heads, legs, and tails that have turned black, as this indicates they have been stored for too long and are not fresh.
How to choose good quail eggs
- Choose quail eggs with a nice, sturdy shell, not gray in color, and without any speckles.
- When shining a light or holding it up to sunlight, hold the egg in your hand, exposing only the two ends, and look at the egg from one side while lighting it from the other side. If it is a fresh egg, it will have a translucent pink color with a pink dot in the middle.
How to prepare Squid Noodles with Shrimp and Quail Eggs
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Prepare the pork bones
To remove the odor from the pork bones, chop them into pieces after buying, then add 1 teaspoon of salt and scald them in boiling water for about 5 minutes.
After scalding, wash the pork bones thoroughly with water and let them drain.
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Prepare the seafood
To prepare the squid, hold the tentacles and pull them away from the body. Next, remove unnecessary parts such as the ink sac, skin, brown digestive sac, and backbone.
Then, rub the squid with 1 tablespoon of salt and 100ml of white wine to clean it thoroughly and help eliminate the fishy smell. Rinse the squid again with cold water and let it drain.
Use a knife to cut the squid into pieces about the size of a large finger, marinate the squid with 1 teaspoon of fried garlic and 1 teaspoon of fried onion. Wrap the squid in plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator.
Shrimp should be cleaned, boiled, and peeled.
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Prepare other ingredients
Peel the radish and cut it into pieces. Clean the cilantro and chop it finely.
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Simmer the broth
Put a pot on the stove, add the pork bones with 2.5 liters of water, 1 onion, the radish, and 30g of dried squid. Season the broth with 2 teaspoons of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 tablespoon of rock sugar.
Simmer the broth on low heat for about 1 hour. Regularly skim off the foam and keep the heat low to ensure the squid noodle soup broth is clear.
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Sauté minced meat and boil quail eggs
Using the shrimp boiling water, place 20 quail eggs in to boil for 5 minutes, then remove and peel them.
Put a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Sauté the onion until fragrant, then add the minced meat and stir well. Season with 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and stir the meat to absorb the seasoning evenly.
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Seasoning and preparing the dipping sauce
After simmering the bones for 1 hour, remove the onion. Season the broth with 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of rock sugar, and 2 tablespoons of fish sauce to taste.
When the squid noodle broth boils again, turn off the heat.
Add green chili salt into a bowl, squeeze in 1/2 lime and stir well.
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Completing the dish
Blanch the noodle briefly and place it in each bowl. Blanch the squid in the broth for 2 minutes.
Add minced meat, squid, shrimp, quail eggs, and broth, and sprinkle with fried garlic and shallots, served with coriander.
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Final product
The noodles are chewy and soft, the fresh seafood is fragrant and sweet, the broth blends together, creating a delicious bowl of squid noodle soup for a tasty morning with family.
Origin of squid noodles:
- Squid noodles are a dish originating from the Southwestern region, and they are currently favored by many diners for their chewy and soft noodles, fresh and crunchy squid slices, and fragrant sweet broth.
- Squid noodles have long existed in Saigon and are quite commonly sold.
How to choose fresh and delicious squid
- Color: Choose squid that is dark brown and has a shiny surface.
- Firmness: Fresh squid will have high elasticity and firmness. You can press your finger into the squid’s body; if it is fresh, it will return to its original state.
- Squid eyes: Fresh squid eyes are bright white and shiny, and you can even see the pupil in fresh squid.
- Squid tentacles: To distinguish fresh squid by its tentacles, pay attention to the suckers at the base of the tentacles. The more suckers that cling to the base, the fresher your squid is.
How to clean squid properly without fishy smell
- Rinse the squid with water, then peel off the dark brown outer layer, separating the tentacles from the squid body. Make sure to remove any extra string inside. Cut off the ink sac and eyes.
- To eliminate the fishy smell, you should wash the squid with rice vinegar. Rinse the squid once more with water and let it drain. Once the squid is drained, cut it into bite-sized rings; keep small tentacles whole and cut larger ones in half.
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Squid noodle soup is delicious and really easy to make, right? Let’s get into the kitchen and cook this delicious dish for your family. Wish you success!
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