Preparation
1 hour
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty
Medium
Crab noodle hotpot with beef brisket is a hotpot dish favored by many due to its sweet, fragrant, and tender taste. What are you waiting for? Quickly get cooking with this super delicious and nutritious crab noodle hotpot!
Ingredients for Crab Noodle Hotpot with Beef Brisket Serves 4 people
Beef brisket 500 gr Ground freshwater crab 500 gr Crab roe 50 gr Fried tofu 100 gr Straw mushrooms 50 gr Tomatoes 2 pieces Rice noodles 500 gr Chopped shallots 1 tablespoon Fried shallots 1 tablespoon Spring onions 1 stalk Accompanying vegetables a little (water spinach/banana flower/sorrel) Shrimp paste 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Vinegar 3 tablespoons Rock sugar 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Annatto oil 1 tablespoon Seasoning powder/msg a little
Implementation Tools
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh beef shank
- You should choose a piece of beef shank that has a bright red color interspersed with white tendons, and the fat part should be bright yellow.
- Press the piece of meat with your hand to check; fresh beef shank, like beef in general, should have good firmness and elasticity, and should not feel sticky or slimy. Fresh meat should not have any unpleasant smells or strange odors.
- For beef hot pot, you should choose the tendons from the upper part of the cow, such as beef shank; additionally, you can use beef thigh, beef ribs, beef tendons, or beef tail to make this beef hot pot dish.
How to choose fresh, meaty river crabs
- You can use pre-ground river crabs available at reputable markets and supermarkets; when buying, be sure to ask for additional crab roe to make the dish tastier. Alternatively, you can buy live crabs to crush at home or use a blender.
- For live river crabs, choose those that have a dull purple-gray color, with the shell being lighter in color. To choose crabs with more meat, opt for male crabs with small, pointed abdomens, while for more roe, choose female crabs with larger abdomens, commonly referred to as flower abdomens.
- Choose those that are still moving quickly, with claws and legs intact and flexible. Pressing on the abdomen shell and seeing air bubbles is a sign that the crab is still fresh.
- Avoid choosing river crabs with red eyes, those with hair on the abdomen, or those with star-shaped spots on the shell.
How to choose fresh straw mushrooms
- When buying straw mushrooms, observe and choose mushrooms that are dark in color, intact, round, and still closed, with a distinctive fragrant smell.
- Do not choose mushrooms that have caps and are fully opened. Avoid white mushrooms, those with unpleasant odors, or those that are bruised.
Tools needed
Electric hot pot, bowl, plate, spoon, ladle,…
How to make Beef Rib Hot Pot
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the beef rib and cut it into bite-sized pieces, then place it in the fridge refrigerator until ready to use.
Wash the herbs and remove any spoiled or wormy parts, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into wedges.
Trim the stems off the straw mushrooms and wash them thoroughly.
Add 500g of ground freshwater crab to a bowl, add 2 liters of water, stir well, and strain through a sieve to extract the liquid.
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Making crab soup
You pour the crab broth into a pot, add 1 teaspoon of salt, place it on the stove over low heat and boil for 20 minutes, at this point you will see the crab soup congeal into lumps.
Then you turn off the stove and use a sieve to scoop the crab soup into a bowl, leaving the broth to cook the hot pot.
Place a pan on the stove over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and wait for it to heat up, when the oil is hot, add 1 tablespoon of minced shallots to fry until fragrant, then add the crab roe and stir-fry on low heat for 5 minutes.
Finally, you add the stir-fried crab roe and 1 tablespoon of fried shallots into the bowl of crab soup and it’s done.
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Cooking the hot pot broth
You reuse the pan you just used to stir-fry the crab roe, place it on the stove over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of annatto oil, when the oil is hot, add 1 tablespoon of minced shallots to fry until fragrant, then add the tomatoes and stir-fry for about 2 minutes until soft.
Place the crab broth pot on the stove over high heat to boil, add the stir-fried tomatoes, straw mushrooms, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of rock sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 1 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 3 tablespoons of rice vinegar, and 1 tablespoon of shrimp paste.
You boil it again and adjust the seasoning to taste, add green onions and turn off the heat.
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Completion
Pour the hot pot broth into the electric hot pot, and when eating, dip in beef, crab meat, rice paper, fried tofu, and accompanying vegetables to enjoy.
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Final Product
So you have completed a delicious and attractive pot of crab meat and beef hot pot, with the rich flavor of the broth along with tender, fragrant beef and the distinctive taste of crab meat that is hard to resist.
It’s very easy to make, right? Show off your cooking skills and treat the family!
So TasteVN has guided you on how to make the fragrant and super simple crab soup hotpot with beef that is sure to be very appetizing. Wishing you success in your cooking!
