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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
The herring fish is a delicious sea fish with firm, sweet flesh. Besides the fried dishes and grilled dishes in today’s article, let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen and showcase your skills by making a tempting soup called herring soup to treat your whole family!
Ingredients for Herring Soup For 4 people
Herring 2 fish Tomatoes 4 pieces Pineapple 1/4 piece (fragrant) Green onions 2 stalks Coriander 2 stalks Fish sauce 2 teaspoons Common seasonings a little (sugar/salt/MSG)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh herring
- To choose fresh herring, you should select fish with shiny scales that cling tightly to the body.
- Prioritize those with clear, slightly bulging eyes, without slime or cloudiness.
- Choose fish that feel firm to the touch, with a good level of elasticity in the flesh.
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple
- Select pineapples that have a bright yellow color from the crown to the base, with possibly a few green eyes; these are ripe fruits that will be sweet and tasty. Round and short pineapples will have more flesh compared to long ones.
- Choose pineapples with large, sparse eyes because this indicates that the pineapple is mature and naturally ripened, without chemical treatment.
- You can try smelling the end of the fruit; if it has a fragrant smell, you should buy it. Additionally, avoid choosing pineapples that have a slightly sour smell like fermentation, as those pineapples are overripe.
- The greener the pineapple crown, the fresher it is. Overripe pineapples will have a dry or brownish crown.
- Choose fresh and delicious pineapples that are neither too hard nor too soft; when you press your finger into them, there should be no indentation.
See details: How to choose fresh pineapple correctly
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- When buying tomatoes, observe and select those with shiny skin, not too large, and the stem still firmly attached to the fruit.
- You should choose those that feel firm in hand and have a light fragrant smell. Delicious ripe tomatoes will have yellow seeds inside and bright red flesh.
- Avoid selecting bruised, scratched fruits, or those without stems. Do not choose oversized and overly soft fruits.
See details: How to choose fresh tomatoes
How to prepare Sour Fish Soup with Hường Fish
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Prepare Hường Fish
To thoroughly remove the slime and fishy smell, after purchasing Hường fish, you should use a knife to cut off the gills, fins, and tail. Scrape off the scales, then gut the fish, remove the internal organs, and the blood vessels running along the spine of the fish.
Massage the fish with salt for about 5 minutes, then rinse several times with water and let it drain.
How to eliminate the fishy smell of Hường fish
- To effectively remove the fishy smell, you can soak the fish in rice water for about 10 – 15 minutes, then take it out and rinse with water.
- Use table salt to rub on the surface of the fish and let it sit for about 5 minutes, then rinse with cold water and continue preparing.
- If you have unsweetened fresh milk available, you can also use it to wash the fish to effectively eliminate its fishy smell.
See details: 7 tips to easily and effectively remove the fishy smell
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Prepare other ingredients
For the pineapple, after buying it, peel off the skin, rinse it briefly with water, and let it dry.
Use a knife to cut off the hard core inside, then continue to slice it into thin pieces suitable for eating.
Tips on how to peel pineapple (thơm) the simplest way
- First, cut the pineapple vertically from top to bottom into 4 equal parts.
- Continue to cut along the length of the pineapple piece, then stop at the end of the fruit and cut firmly to remove the flesh while discarding the skin.
- You should not cut too close to the skin to avoid leaving any eyes of the pineapple. Finally, cut it into smaller pieces as needed.
See details: 5 simple ways to peel pineapple quickly and easily
Wash the tomatoes, then cut them into wedges. Cut off the roots of the scallions and coriander, wash them thoroughly, and then chop them finely.
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Cooking the soup
Place a pot on the stove, add about 1 – 1.5 liters of water and bring to a boil. When the water starts to boil, add the fish and cook over medium heat until the water boils again and the fish is cooked evenly.
Tip: You should let the water in the pot boil well before adding the fish to avoid adding it too early, which can make the broth smell fishy.
Next, add 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 2 teaspoons of fish sauce to the pot, then stir well.
Then add tomatoes and pineapple to the pot, and continue to cook for another 5 – 10 minutes until the water boils again.
Tip: During the cooking process, you should regularly skim the foam to make the broth clearer and more appealing.
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Final product
Finally, add chopped green onions and coriander to the pot, adjust the seasoning to taste, and it’s complete.
With just a few simple steps, you have a hot and colorful fish soup with herring!
The broth is sweet and sour, the herring meat is fragrant and sweet, and the tomatoes and pineapple retain their crunchiness and natural sweetness, making it very refreshing. This dish pairs perfectly with hot rice and a little chili fish sauce.
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