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Sour Fish Head Soup
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Sour Fish Head Soup

11 ingredients 7 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

350
Calories
23g
Protein
13g
Fat
35g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 Scallions, white part only, -crushed with the side of a -knife
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 ts Salt
  • 2 tb Plus 4 teaspoons fish sauce -(nuoc mam)
  • 1 lg Fish head or fish carcass, -split down the center
  • 1 qt Water
  • 1/2 c Canned sliced sour bamboo
  • 1/4 Fresh pineapple, cut in a -lengthwise section and -sliced
  • 1 ds MSG (optional)
  • 2 tb Mixed chopped fresh -coriander (Chinese parsley)
  • Scallion green

Directions

1

An excellent way to get twice the pleasure out of your fish purchase. You can use either the fish head of the fish carcass if you wish. To the people of the South, this is as much their traditional dish as Southern Fried Chicken is to our southerners++and it will meet with instant praise

2

Sprinkle the scallions, black pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, and 4 teaspoons fish sauce over the fish head. Allow to stand for 10 to 15 minutes.

3

Bring 1 quart of water to a boil and drop in the sour bamboo and pineapple slices. Cook at a lively boil for 5 minutes. Drop fish head into the actively boiling water and, keeping at a boil, add the 2 tablespoons fish sauce, remaining teaspoon salt, and a dash of MSG. Boil the fish head for a total of 10 minutes. Transfer to a soup tureen, sprinkle on the coriander and scallion green, and serve.

4

NOTE: If the fish head is dropped into water that is not boiling, it will fall apart.

5

Makes 4 servings.

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Category:Bhutani Recipes

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Category:Bhutani Soups

Recipe sourced from fandom

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