🍲 Canh Chua (Vietnamese Hot and Sour Soup)

Ingredients

Marinade

• 1 whole catfish or other firm white fish
• 2 scallions, green part reserved for garnish and white part crushed
• 4 teaspoons nước mắm
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Freshly-ground black pepper

Soup

• 1 quart (950 ml) water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons nước mắm
• ½ cup (120g) sour bamboo
• ¼ fresh pineapple, core removed, cut lengthwise and sliced

Garnish

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
• Green part of scallions, chopped

Method

1. Marinate the fish for 15 minutes with the crushed scallions, black pepper, salt, and nước mắm.
2. Bring water to the boil. Add the sour bamboo and pineapple slices. Boil for 5 minutes.
3. Add marinated fish and continue to boil for a total of 10 minutes. While the fish is boiling, add Nước mắm, and salt.
4. For serving, the soup can be garnished with coriander and the green part of scallions.