Vietnamese Cuisine: Crab Soup, The Recipe

Crab soup is an extremely nutritious, popular dish and one of my favorites when I am in Ho Chi Minh City (known to all as Saigon, the former capital of Vietnam).
It is prepared with easy to find ingredients and not too complicated to prepare. Especially on rainy or cold days, having a bowl of crab soup to enjoy is so wonderful.

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Ingredients

– 1 crab (steamed and from which we extract the pulp);
– A couple of pork ribs;
– 80 grams of chicken breast;
– 40 grams of dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water, then thinly sliced ​​(purchased at a Chinese shop in Chiavari);
– 1 chicken egg;
– 1 can of corn;
– 40 grams of diced carrots;
– 1 chopped onion;
– some coriander;
– mixed spices (salt, sugar, seasoning, tapioca (or corn starch), ground pepper, chili sauce or paprika)

Preparation

First I prepare the pork ribs and the chicken breast that I rinse under running water.
I put the pork in boiling water and bring to the boil until the meat becomes tender. I continuously remove the foam that forms to make the soup cleaner and I cook everything on medium heat for about 30 minutes. After that I remove the meat but keep the water that will then become the base for the soup.
In another pot I boil the chicken and, once cooked, I let it cool and then cut it into small pieces.

At this point I bring the pot of water in which I cooked the pork ribs back to a boil, then add the shredded chicken, crab meat, corn kernels, diced carrots and shiitake mushrooms. I add the spices which include 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 2 tablespoons of seasoning. I stir well to absorb all the seasoning and adjust taste with salt.
Then I add 30 grams of tapioca starch mixed with 30 ml of water. I slowly pour it into the soup and, when it comes to a boil, I stop.
I put an egg in a bowl and beat it well and slowly pour it into the soup stirring only in one direction to create a beautiful pattern. I cook for another two minutes and turn off the heat.

I put the crab soup in a bowl, add some onions, cilantro, ground pepper, fried onions and chili sauce and… then enjoy tasting the finished dish!

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