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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Fish is a common ingredient in soups. However, many home cooks are still hesitant to use fish for cooking soups as it can easily make the soup smell fishy. Therefore, today, TasteVN will share with you the secret to making sour fish soup without the fishy smell, which is incredibly delicious. Let’s get cooking to discover right away!
Ingredients for Sour Fish Soup For 2 people
Fish 2 pieces Sour bamboo shoots 200 gr Tomato 1 piece Spring onions 5 stalks (or substitute with green onions) Shallots 5 bulbs (crushed) Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 teaspoon Common seasonings a little (salt/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh fish
With live fish
- If you want to buy fresh fish, the best option is to purchase live fish. Fresh fish will swim actively, have clear eyes, pink gills, shiny scales, and especially, the skin will not have any unusual color.
- Avoid buying if you see the fish bloated, swimming weakly, or having a pale color.
With processed fish
- Fresh, delicious fish will have bright, clear eyes, especially not cloudy and slightly bulging. The gills will be bright red, tightly attached to the body, and importantly, there will be no slime.
- You should choose fish with firm flesh. When you press your finger on the fish’s body, you should feel its elasticity.
- In addition, you can also identify fresh fish by smelling it. Being a sea fish, fresh fish will have a sea smell. Conversely, spoiled fish will have a fishy odor.
How to choose delicious pickled bamboo shoots
- About color: When buying, you can observe the color to choose tasty and safe pickled bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots that are not soaked in chemicals will have a light yellow, slightly dark color. Conversely, if they are soaked in chemicals, the shoots will have a stark white or dark yellow color.
- About crunchiness: Delicious and safe pickled bamboo shoots will be chewy. In contrast, bamboo shoots soaked in chemicals will be crunchy and easily break apart.
- About shine: Absolutely do not buy if you see bamboo shoots with shine, looking attractive as they are definitely soaked in chemicals.
- About smell: Naturally pickled bamboo shoots will retain their characteristic smell, without any strange odors. However, chemically soaked bamboo shoots will have a chemical smell.
- Additionally, you can also make pickled bamboo shoots at home, both delicious and safe, following the recipe shared by TasteVN.
How to make sour soup with fish
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying, clean the fish with salt, then rinse with water.
Next, place the fish on a plate and marinate with 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt, mix well and let it sit for 15 minutes for the fish to absorb the seasoning.
Effective tips to remove fishy smell from fish:- Using rice water: Just soak the cleaned fish in rice water for 15 – 20 minutes and then rinse with water to remove the fishy smell.
- Using salt: You can soak the fish in diluted salt water for 5 – 10 minutes or rub salt on the fish, then rinse with clean water. This method is simple and effectively removes the fishy smell.
- Using lemon: It’s very simple, just squeeze 1 lemon into warm water, then soak the fish for about 5 – 7 minutes, and then rinse clean.
- Using ginger: Ginger not only removes the fishy smell but also enhances the flavor of the dish. Just soak the fish in water with a few slices of ginger for 5 minutes, then rinse with water to completely eliminate the fishy odor.
See details: Effective tips to remove fishy smell from fish
Remove the damaged parts of the garlic leaves, wash them clean, and then use a knife to cut them into pieces (you can replace garlic leaves with green onions).
After washing, cut the tomatoes into small wedges or you can cut them to your preferred size.
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Stir-fry the ingredients briefly
First, you place a deep non-stick pan on the induction stove, then add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and heat over medium heat.
Once the oil is hot, add 5 smashed shallots and sauté until fragrant, then add the fish and reduce the heat to low.
Next, add the sour bamboo shoots to cook with the fish, gently stir until the fish and bamboo shoots turn golden, then add the prepared tomatoes.
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Cooking sour fish soup
Stir the fish mixture for about 3 – 5 minutes, then add about 500ml of water to the pan to cover the fish, cooking on high heat.
After the water boils, reduce the heat to low, let it simmer for another 5 minutes, then season with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder and 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce. If it’s not sour enough, you can add about 1 tablespoon of sour vinegar.
Finally, add the garlic leaves and stir well. Before turning off the heat, you can taste and adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s preference.
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Final product
Sour fish soup is not only delicious but also does not have a fishy smell. The soup has a sour taste from the sour bamboo shoots, the natural sweetness from the fish, and the aroma of garlic leaves and shallots.
A bowl of sour fish soup with sour bamboo shoots will surely enhance the flavor of your family meal.
Above, TasteVN just shared with you the dish sour fish soup that is extremely delicious and simple. It only takes about 30 minutes for you to have a bowl of appealing soup. What are you waiting for? Let’s get started right away. Wishing you success!
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