Sweet and Sour Catfish Soup

15mhhm15
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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Yield: 4 people

Ingredients:

• 3 lb cat fish
• 5 stems garlic
• 1 lemon
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 Tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 bunch green onion
• 1/2 bunch dill
• 5 tomato
• 1 pack taro stem
• 1 cup pineapple
• 1 gal water

 

 

Steps:

1. At the store the cat fish has been cleaned and cut into pieces. When I go home, I clean it again quickly with salt.

 
2. Wash and prep vegetables. Slice tomatoes. Chop green onions and dill.

 

 
3. Peel taro and slice thin.

 

 
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4. You can use canned pineapple if you do not have fresh pineapple on hand. Just drain the liquid of the pineapple. For me, I used fresh pineapple diced.

 
5. In a pot add oiled heat until hot. Smash garlic and sauté until garlic is yellow. Then add one gallon of water. Bring to a boil. Then add catfish. This process takes about 15 minutes.

 

 
6. Now reduce heat to medium. Add salt, sugar, and fish sauce. Once boiled use a spoon to remove the bubbles. This process takes about 10 minutes.
7. Add taro stem, tomatoes, pineapple and the juice of one lemon into the soup. Cook for 5 minutes.
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8. Top off the soup with dill and green onions. It is ready to serve.

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Judy
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May 20, 20170 found this helpful

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All your recipes are great. I have a shellfish allergy, so I have to modify some of them. I have a question about the fish sauce ingredients. My research says there is fish in fish sauce (news flash), but I want to make sure there is no shellfish in fish sauce. Would you or anyone else reading this know? Thanks in advance.

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Jess
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May 22, 20170 found this helpful

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I went and read my bottle of fish sauce in the kitchen. They are black anchovies that have been salted and then kept in a wooden barrel for a year, then pressed.

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No shellfish so you should be in the clear.

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15mhhm15
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May 23, 20170 found this helpful

Thank you! I hope you're able to replicate to your tasting! The fish sauce I have ingredients just says contains: fish (anchovy)

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