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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Clams are a type of seafood that is very popular due to their sweet, chewy, and delicious taste. Today, TasteVN guides you to make a very attractive soup made from clams, which is clam soup cooked with vegetables. Go to the kitchen now!
Ingredients for Clam Soup For 3 people
Clams 500 gr Tomatoes 2 pieces Pineapple 1 piece (about 100gr) Celery 100 gr Shallots 1 bulb Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ sugar)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh, clean, and safe clams
- When buying clams, first choose those that are large, feel heavy, have a solid and thick shell, and are not broken.
- Live clams will tightly close their shells and are very difficult to open by hand. If you see a clam with its shell slightly open, try touching it; if it closes, it is still alive.
- Clams that are small and feel light will have less meat inside and won’t taste good.
- Additionally, if you see a clam with its shell open and it does not close when touched, it is dead and should not be purchased.
- Moreover, when buying, you should smell them; live clams will have no smell, while dead clams have a very unpleasant, fishy odor.
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- Good tomatoes have firm, plump, glossy skin, bright red, uniform color, and when you press on the tomato, it feels a certain firmness.
- When you cut a tomato in half, if the seeds inside are yellow and the flesh is bright red, it indicates that the tomato is ripe and delicious.
- You should choose tomatoes that still have fresh green stems firmly attached to the fruit; these are fresh, newly harvested tomatoes.
- Additionally, vine-ripened tomatoes will have a faint, distinctive aroma, while commercially ripened tomatoes will have no smell.
How to make clam soup
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the clams in two changes of water. To help the clams expel dirt, soak them in a bowl of diluted salt water for about 2 hours. After that, remove the clams, rinse them again, then drain in a colander.
Simple tips for cleaning clams- Method 1: Soak the clams in diluted salt water with a few slices of chili for about 2 – 3 hours, and the clams will expel sand and dirt.
- Method 2: After soaking the clams for about 2 hours in diluted salt water, boil a pot of water with a little white vinegar, add the clams while stirring to help them expel all dirt.
See details: How to clean clams
Tomatoes are washed and cut into wedges.
Pineapple is peeled, eyes removed, and cut into small bite-sized pieces.
Celery is washed, cut into pieces about 2 finger lengths long.
Shallots are peeled, washed, and sliced thinly.
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Boil clams and separate the meat
Put clams into pot, add 100ml of water, then place it on the stove, turn on medium heat, and boil until the clams open their mouths, then turn off the stove.
Remove the clams, wait for them to cool a bit, then separate the clam meat into a bowl and set it aside.
Prepare a sieve and place a clean cloth on top, then put the sieve over a bowl and pour the clam broth through the sieve to filter out the residue.
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Cook the soup
Place a pot on the stove, heat the pot, then add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and minced shallots. Sauté the shallots until fragrant, then add the clam meat and stir-fry until cooked.
Next, add 700ml of water and the clam broth, bring to a boil, then add tomatoes and pineapple, season with 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, stir well.
Continue to cook until the soup boils again, the tomatoes and pineapple are soft, taste and adjust seasoning as needed, finally add celery, stir well, and turn off the stove when the soup is just boiling.
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Final Product
The clam soup has the sweet taste of clams, the sweet and sour flavor of pineapple and tomatoes, while the celery is fresh and crunchy with a distinctive aroma. All of these blend together in the refreshing broth, making family meals more appealing and delicious.
Above, TasteVN guides you to make clam soup that is refreshing, sweet, nutritious, and has very good heat-relieving effects. Wish you success!
