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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Sweet and fragrant dried shrimp squash soup for a family meal, would you like to try it? Let TasteVN guide you through the recipe for this rustic soup! What are you waiting for? Quickly prepare the necessary ingredients and get cooking with sister Kim Minh right away.
Ingredients for Squash Soup with Dried Shrimp Serves 4
Squash 1 fruit (about 500gr) Dried shrimp 50 gr Shallots 1 bulb Green onions/cilantro A little Fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common spices A little (Salt/ seasoning powder/ ground pepper)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh squash
- Good squash will have a bright green skin, a straight body, and a fresh stem with sap; choose squash that is of moderate size.
- Choose squash that feels like it still has a layer of fine hairs on the outside when touched, as this indicates it is freshly cut.
- Avoid buying old squash or those with black spots, or squash that is bruised or spoiled.
- Avoid buying squash that is too large as they are usually old, which can be fibrous and less tasty.
How to choose delicious, high-quality dried shrimp
- You should choose dried shrimp that are brick red in color, with clear and dry flesh, and that do not feel sticky when touched.
- Delicious dried shrimp will have a light, pleasant aroma, and the shrimp should be intact and clean of shells.
- Avoid purchasing dried shrimp that are overly bright red or orange, as they are often dried shrimp dyed with chemicals.
- Do not buy if you see sticky dried shrimp, broken shrimp, or those with an unusual smell.
- To ensure the health safety of your family, you can make dried shrimp at home according to the recipe shared by TasteVN.
See details: How to make traditional dried shrimp and make dried shrimp using a microwave extremely simply
How to prepare Melon Soup with Dried Shrimp
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying, peel the melon, wash it thoroughly, and let it drain. Cut the melon into rounds and then continue slicing it into thin, bite-sized pieces.
Soak the dried shrimp in warm water or fresh water for about 10 – 15 minutes to let them expand and clean off the dust, then remove the dried shrimp and let them drain before grinding them into a paste.
Green onions and cilantro should have the bad leaves removed, cut off the roots, then wash and let them drain, crushing the green onion tops.
Shallots should be peeled and then chopped finely.
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Cook the soup
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pot and heat over medium heat. Wait for the oil to get hot, then add the crushed green onions and chopped shallots to sauté for about 1 minute.
Then add the finely crushed dried shrimp and stir-fry evenly. Once the shrimp is firm and fragrant, add 2 cups of water (rice bowl) to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat to extract the sweet flavor from the shrimp.
When the soup is boiling, add the squash to the pot, skimming off the foam to keep the soup clear. Wait for the soup to boil again, then season with a mixture of spices including: 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of seasoning powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper.
Once the squash is just cooked, chop some cilantro and add it in, adjust the seasoning to taste, and then turn off the stove.
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Final Product
Scoop the soup into a bowl and sprinkle a little ground pepper on top to finish. The soup with bottle gourd cooked with dried shrimp has the green of the gourd and the orange-red of the shrimp, making it very eye-catching. The broth has the natural sweetness of dried shrimp and bottle gourd. This dish is delicious when served with hot rice.
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