Delicious soup recipes to elevate your family meals

Soup is an essential dish in Vietnamese family meals. Let's explore the recipes for these delicious soups below!

Here is a compilation of tasty soup recipes for families to diversify their home menu. Check them out for some culinary inspiration!

1. Thai Sour Shrimp Soup

Irresistible Thai Sour Shrimp Soup

Ingredients:

- 5 langoustines

- 2 lang chicken bones

- 3 tomatoes

- Lime leaves, cilantro, shiitake mushrooms

- Galangal, lemongrass, garlic, chili

- Seasonings: Tom Yum seasoning packet, seasoning powder, cooking oil, fish sauce

Execution Method:

- Clean the chicken bones thoroughly, chop them into small pieces. Boil water in a pot, add chicken with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder. Remember to skim off the foam while cooking.

- Remove the heads and tails of the shrimp, peel off the shells and remove the black vein, then wash and drain. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Wash and quarter the tomatoes. Rinse and drain the shiitake mushrooms, cilantro, and lime leaves.

- Heat a pan with a little oil, then sauté the garlic until fragrant. Add the shrimp and stir-fry until they turn pale pink, then remove from the pan. Add a little more oil to the pan, then add the tomatoes and sauté until slightly soft but still whole.

- Add tomatoes, galangal, lemongrass, and mushrooms into the pot of boiling chicken broth, simmer for about 3 minutes, then add shrimp to cook together. Season with 2 tablespoons of Tom Yum Paste, fish sauce, fresh chili to taste. Add lime leaves for fragrance.

- Once the shrimp are cooked, remove the pot from the heat. Sprinkle cilantro, galangal, lemongrass, and squeeze lime juice to taste. Serve hot with rice or noodles.

2. Creamy Sweet Potato Soup with Shrimp

Beautifully Presented Creamy Sweet Potato Soup with Shrimp

Ingredients:

- Sweet potatoes: 400g

- Shrimp: 200g

- Coriander + sawtooth herb + purple onions

- Seasonings: salt + fish sauce

Execution Method:

Step 1: Preparation of Ingredients for Creamy Sweet Potato Soup with Shrimp

- Peel and wash the sweet potatoes, then finely chop or mince them using a spoon or knife, and set aside in a separate bowl.

- Clean the shrimp, peel, devein, and finely chop.

- Peel and wash the purple onions, slice them thinly. Wash the sawtooth herb and coriander, remove the roots, and wash thoroughly.

Step 2: Executing the process of making creamy sweet potato soup with shrimp

- Heat a pot on the stove, add cooking oil and heat until hot, then add the purple onions and sauté until fragrant. Next, add the shrimp and salt, stir-fry until the shrimp are cooked, then transfer them to a bowl.

- Continuing with the instructions for making creamy sweet potato soup with shrimp, using the same pan used to fry the shrimp, pour water into a pot and bring to a boil, add sweet potatoes and cook until tender. Once the sweet potatoes are cooked, add the previously fried shrimp, stir well, and season with salt to taste.

- Finally, turn off the heat, ladle the creamy sweet potato soup into bowls, add sawtooth herb and coriander for aroma.

3. Pumpkin Soup with Mushrooms

Pumpkin Soup with Mushrooms

Ingredients:

- 1 bunch of pumpkin blossoms

- 200g raw ham

- 200g mushrooms

- Finely chop cilantro

- Seasonings, pepper, seasoning powder.

Execution Method:

- Remove pumpkin blossoms' leaves and pistils, cut off the stems, soak in lightly salted water, wash thoroughly, and drain.

- Marinate raw ham with 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 2 tablespoons of seasoning powder, mix well.

- Heat oil, sauté minced garlic until fragrant, then add water. Once the broth is boiling, add the marinated raw ham, shaping them into round balls. Season the soup according to taste.

- Add mushrooms and pumpkin blossoms, cook for another 5 minutes until the soup is done. Turn off the heat, transfer the soup to a bowl, sprinkle with chopped spring onions and cilantro (coriander leaves), add pepper, and serve hot or cold.

4. Sour Soup with Clams

The sweetness of clams, the gentle sourness of tomatoes, and the tanginess of star fruits, combined with the aroma of cilantro, create an irresistible allure to this soup, especially on hot summer days. Clams are versatile ingredients in many delicious dishes, with sour clam soup being one of the most popular.

Fragrant and Delicious Sour Clam Soup

Ingredients:

- Clams: 1kg

- 2 tomatoes

- 1 star fruit

- 1 purple onion

- Cilantro, spring onions

- Seasonings: salt, seasoning powder.

Execution Method:

- Clean the clams, then soak them in a basin of water, optionally adding 2 chopped chilies for a cleaner rinse.

- Put the clams in a pot and boil until they start to simmer, reduce the heat, add a pinch of salt to the pot, and use chopsticks to stir, allowing the clam meat to separate from the shells.

- Drain the clams, set aside the boiled water, discard the residue.

- Transfer the cooked clams to a basket, immerse in a basin of water, remove clam meat, wash thoroughly, and drain.

- Wash the tomatoes, remove the core. Remove the roots and wash the cilantro and spring onions. Wash the star fruit, remove the edges, and slice. Peel and wash the purple onion, thinly slice.

- Heat a pot, add a spoon of cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add the purple onion and sauté until fragrant, then add the clam meat and some seasonings to stir-fry until firm. Then transfer to a bowl.

- Add another spoon of cooking oil, sauté the remaining half of the tomatoes thoroughly. When the tomatoes are soft, add the bowl of boiled clam water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, add the remaining tomato and star fruit, cook for another 2 minutes, then add the previously stir-fried clam meat, season to taste. Turn off the heat, add chopped spring onions and cilantro, stir well, and transfer the soup to serving bowls.

5. Beef Stew with Red Pumpkin

Beef Stew with Red Pumpkin

Ingredients:

- Red pumpkin: 500g

- Beef: 300g

- Carrots: 1-2 pieces

- Spring onions: 2 stalks

- Coriander: 1 bunch

- Shallots: 1 bulb

- Fish sauce, salt, seasoning powder, pepper

Execution Method:

Step 1: Prepare Ingredients

- Clean the beef, cut into small square pieces.

- Marinate the beef with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and pepper for 20 minutes.

- Peel and deseed the red pumpkin, cut into square pieces like the beef. - Peel and wash the carrots, cut into 3 cm chunks and halve them.

- Wash and chop spring onions, coriander into short pieces.

- Finely chop shallots.

Step 2: Beef Stew with Red Pumpkin

- Heat 2 teaspoons of cooking oil, sauté the shallots until fragrant, then add the beef and stir well.

- When the beef is cooked and the outer layer is tender, pour water into the pot.

- Once the beef is tender, add the carrots and red pumpkin to the pot, add water and cook until the vegetables are soft. Season with spices to taste, then turn off the heat.

6: Water Lily Soup with Bottle Gourd

Water Lily Soup with Bottle Gourd

Ingredients:

- 1 or 2 pieces of green pumpkin.

- 200g water lilies.

- Ginger, spring onions, cilantro, pepper, salt, seasoning powder, sugar, chili powder.

Instructions:

- Peel and wash the green pumpkin, then cut into chunks. Wash the spring onions and cilantro. Peel and julienne the ginger. Soak the water lilies in warm water. Marinate the water lilies with salt, seasoning powder, and sugar.

- Heat cooking oil and add a little chili powder for color. Then stir-fry the water lilies until fragrant. Add the pumpkin and pour in filtered water to boil. Add the julienned ginger and adjust the seasoning to taste.

- Serve the pumpkin soup in a bowl, sprinkle with some pepper, spring onions, and cilantro, and serve hot with rice.

Wishing you all success and deliciousness with these wonderful soup recipes!

From the PasGo Team

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