How to cook strange and delicious mantis shrimp soup for a meal

How to prepare Bề bề soup (tom tit soup)

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  Preparing bề bề

  The fastest way to peel bề bề is to use scissors for cutting. First, use scissors to cleanly cut off the legs of the bề bề and remove its head.

  Next, use scissors to puncture the last shell segment near the tail, inserting them right in the middle of the bề bề’s back and cutting upwards to the head.

  Then, use your hands to separate the bề bề shell to the sides and remove the bề bề meat from the shell by peeling it off closely alongside the bề bề meat.

  See details: 3 simple ways to peel bề bề (tom tit) without scratching your hands

  

  

  

  
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  Prepare other ingredients

  Remove the water spinach by pulling it off the stems with your hands, then wash the spinach thoroughly with water.

  Next, soak the water spinach in saltwater for about 5 minutes, then gently squeeze it with your hands to reduce its bitterness and toughness. Finally, drain the spinach in a colander.

  Tip: You can remove the water spinach faster using a colander with small holes. First, insert each branch into the small hole of the colander. Then, pull from the top to the end of the branch, and all the spinach will fall into the colander.

  

  
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  Cook the soup

  Place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water, and bring it to a boil. When the water is boiling vigorously, add the water spinach to keep its green color.

  Season the soup with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate. Then, cover and cook for another 5 minutes until the spinach is tender.

  Meanwhile, marinate the shrimp with minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate. Then, place another pot on the stove and sauté the shrimp over high heat until cooked, then turn off the heat.

  Scoop the soup into a bowl and place the shrimp on top to finish.

  Note: You can also sauté the shrimp directly in the soup pot; when the shrimp is slightly cooked, pour in the boiling water, then add the spinach to cook and season to make the soup sweeter and more appealing!

  

  

  

  
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  Final Product

  The mantis shrimp is chewy and delicious, sweet meat, stir-fried just right, cooked with fresh green water spinach, making it a uniquely tasty soup to go with rice. The soup after cooking still retains the fresh green color of the water spinach, and eating it with white rice is simply wonderful!