Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Fish Soup
Serves 630 mins prep30 mins cook
A comforting Vietnamese soup made with catfish, pineapple, and an array of fresh vegetables, seasoned with tamarind and fish sauce, perfect for warming up on cold days.
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What you need
lb catfish

okra
cup oil

oz beansprouts

oz chicken broth

tbsp sugar

oz water

garlic

tbsp fish sauce
lb king oyster mushroom
fresh tomatoes
lb herbs

tbsp chicken bouillon powder
tbsp tamarind
Instructions
1: In a 6 qt pot, add your chicken broth, water, pineapple chunks (with syrup), and tom yum paste. Bring it to a boil (with the lid on). 2: Once the broth boils, add the seasonings: tamarind powder, sugar, MSG, fish sauce, chicken powder. Allow it to bring to boil again. 3: Add your catfish steaks and allow them to cook for 15 minutes (or until the fish is cooked). Remove the fish from the soup. 4: Add the fresh vegetables (elephant ear, beansprouts, tomato, king oyster mushroom, rice patty herb, okra). The vegetables only take 3-4 minutes to cook. 5: Right before serving, top with 1 tsp of garlic oil. 6: To prepare the garlic oil: In a small pan or pot, add your oil and turn on the heat to medium-high. 7: Add your garlic directly (the oil does not have to be hot). We want to slowly cook the garlic and not burn them. 8: Carefully monitor the garlic as it cooks in the oil. Turn off the heat once the garlic shows slight golden color on the edges (5-7 minutes). The garlic will keep cooking even after we turn off the heat.View original recipe