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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
TasteVN shares with you the secret to cooking banana flower soup with pork that is delicious, simple, attractive, and rich in flavor that your whole family will surely love. Let’s get cooking right away!
Ingredients for Banana Flower Soup with Pork Serves 2 people
Ground pork 200 gr Banana flower 1 piece (about 300gr) Tomato 2 pieces Sour plum 100 gr Pineapple 1/4 piece (about 100gr) Lemon 1 piece Red onion 2 bulbs Cilantro 4 sprigs Green onion 2 sprigs Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Filtered water 1.5 liters Seasoning/MSG a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork
- Good meat will have a light pink or light red color, avoid choosing meat with unusual colors, pale colors, or overly dark colors.
- Do not choose meat that has an unusual smell, fishy odor, or spoiled smell, as this meat has gone bad and was not stored under proper conditions.
- You can also buy pork and then chop or grind it yourself using a meat grinder to ensure the quality of the meat.
How to choose fresh and delicious banana flowers
- You should choose banana flowers that are intact, not bruised, or missing the outer skin. The skin has a dark red color and is covered with a fine white powder, which are signs of fresh banana flowers.
- Hold the banana flower and feel it heavy and firm; if it feels hard when lightly squeezed, it can be selected for purchase.
- Avoid choosing banana flowers with unusual skin colors, bruised skin, and when shredded, they have a yellow-brown color.
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- You should choose tomatoes with a smooth, shiny skin, plump and juicy with inconsistent colors, possibly a mix of red and a bit of yellow or red with some green.
- Unlike naturally ripened tomatoes, chemically treated tomatoes will have a hard skin, not fragrant, and bland, which should not be chosen.
- If you touch and find them too soft or too hard, or if liquid comes out, you should not buy them as they may be spoiled.
How to prepare Banana Flower Soup with Pork
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Prepare the ingredients
Cut the tomatoes into bite-sized pieces. Shred the banana flower and soak it in diluted lemon water to prevent it from turning dark. Peel the pineapple and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Chop the cilantro and green onions finely. Peel the shallots and chop them small.
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Sauté tomatoes with minced pork
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 spoon of cooking oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then add 2 chopped shallots and stir-fry until fragrant and golden. Add 2 chopped tomatoes and 200g of minced pork and stir well.
Next, add 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning and 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, stir-fry for an additional 3 minutes.
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Cooking soup
Add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce and 1.5 liters of water, 100g of young tamarind, and 100g of pineapple into the pot with the stir-fried meat, and cook for 5 minutes until the water boils.
Then, use a ladle to scoop the young tamarind into a bowl, mash it well, and then put it back into the pot. Add 300g of banana flowers and cook for about 3 more minutes, then add 4 sprigs of coriander and 2 chopped green onions, and turn off the heat.
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Final product
The banana flower soup with pork has a rich sour broth from tomatoes, pineapple, and young tamarind, a savory sweetness from the meat, and the banana flowers just cooked through, combined with the aroma of coriander and green onions, creating an enticing and unforgettable soup.
You should enjoy this dish with white rice to fully appreciate its flavor.
So TasteVN has introduced you to the recipe for the dish banana flower stew with pork that is delicious and easy to make at home. Wish you success with the dish to treat your family!
