Hot-and-sour fish soup
Ingredients
for 4 person
2 | garlic cloves |
2 stick | lemongrass |
2 cm | ginger |
1 tbsp | sesame oil |
½ | baby pineapple (or mini-pineapple) |
1 | red chilli |
1 tin | bamboo shoots (approx. 230 g) |
1 litre | vegetable bouillon |
2 tbsp | fish sauce |
2 tbsp | lime juice |
1 tbsp | cane sugar |
400 g | fish fillets (pollock or pangasius) |
¼ bunch | dill |
1 | lime, to garnish |
How it's done
Vegetables & pineapple
Crush the garlic, remove the outer layers of the lemongrass and finely chop the inside layers. Slice the ginger. Sauté everything in sesame oil in a large pan. Peel and dice the pineapple, deseed the chillies and finely chop, drain the bamboo shoots. Add to the pan and sauté briefly.
Stock
Pour in the stock, fish sauce and lime juice, then add the sugar. Bring to the boil and simmer for approx. 2 mins.
Fish & garnish
Cut the fish into approx. 2 cm chunks, add to the soup and leave for approx. 3 mins. Plate up immediately. Finely chop the dill and sprinkle over the soup. Rinse the lime in hot water, cut into wedges and serve with the soup.
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