Vietnamese cuisine: Bún chả cá đà nẵng, noodle soup with fish balls, the recipe.

I spent a short vacation in Vietnam last June and enjoyed many dishes and specialties of Da Nang city, among which one of my favorite dishes is the fishball noodle soup.

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Fishball Noodle Soup is a very familiar and delicious dish that can be found almost everywhere in the central region. However, this delicious rustic dish from Da Nang has a very unique appearance, a special point that contributes to the flavor of this dish, making Da Nang Fishball Noodle Soup better than other places: thanks to the typical ingredient of Da Nang: fish sauce. This dish is not too difficult to prepare and you can prepare it by following this recipe.

Ingredients

To prepare the fish balls:
* 500 g of minced fish (you can use: mackerel, tilapia, basa fish, termite fish, lentil fish…);
* 100 g of pork loin fat: cut into cubes, boiled briefly;
* 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch;
* 1 chicken egg;
* Seed oil.

For the broth:
* 200g mackerel: cleaned, cut into pieces;
* Pork bone;
* Rice noodles;
* Cabbage, pineapple, dried bamboo shoots, pumpkin, tomato, purple onion, garlic, chili pepper, lemon, green onion, coriander;
* Vegetables eaten raw and served with: perilla, cabbage, lettuce, basil, bean sprouts;
* Spices: fish sauce, Da Nang shrimp paste (replace with shrimp paste), sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, seasoning powder (stock cube), cashews for colouring, pepper.

Preparation

Now let's start making the meatballs: put the fish in the blender and puree it, then transfer it to a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of powdered seasoning, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, mix well, let it rest for 15 minutes.
Next, put the pork fat and the pureed fish in the same bowl, mix well, distribute evenly with the help of a spoon. When the mixture is smooth, add the egg whites, tapioca starch, 1 teaspoon of powdered seasoning, almost 1.5 teaspoons of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt and mix well again.
Then, with your hands, shape the meat into flat, round meatballs of about 10 cm in diameter.
Finally, put the oil in a pan and fry the fish balls evenly on both sides until golden, then remove them to drain the oil.

Now let's prepare the broth: first prepare the ingredients, such as vegetables, for the broth: green onions and coriander, pumpkin, tomatoes and pineapple. Wash and slice thinly. Meanwhile mix the shrimp paste with cold water and let it stand to get clear water.
Then put the chopped fish in a pan with oil, brown it briefly, then season it with 2 tablespoons of water, half a teaspoon of sugar, a little pepper and 100 ml of filtered water. Then braise the fish for about 15 minutes.
Put the cooking oil in the pan, add the cashews to color, then brown the garlic, then add the tomatoes and mix well.
Wash the pork bones, blanch them in boiling water, then simmer to get the sweetener (2 liters of water). When the water boils add the previously prepared pumpkin and cabbage and mix well. Add 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, half a teaspoon of salt, fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Gradually lower the heat until the water continues to cook and then add the pineapple and mix well. When you see that the pumpkin and pineapple are cooked, continue to put the braised fish in the pot and add the sautéed tomatoes on top, season again and wait for it to boil again, then turn off the heat.

Now everything should be ready!
Put in a bowl: vermicelli, fish cakes, pumpkin, pineapple, cabbage, tomatoes and broth, then add some sliced ​​spring onions and cilantro.
This fishball noodle dish is served with raw vegetables, lime and chili, fish sauce (if desired).
They all combine to create a typical dish of the coastal area of ​​Da Nang.

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