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Hot and Sour Fish Soup


Course : Soups
Serves: 4
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Ingredients:


1/4 cup Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam)

2 teaspoons Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam)

1 teaspoon Fresh ginger root -- minced

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric

2 whole cod fillets -- 10 oz each

2 stalks lemon grass -- tender bulbs only

1 medium tomato -- quartered

1/4 cup lime juice -- fresh

1/2 teaspoon lime zest

1 small chiles serranos -- Julienned

2 large scallions

2 tablespoons cilantro -- fresh is vital

1/2 teaspoon white pepper -- freshly ground

6 cups rice, cooked -- preferably Jasmine

5 cups boiling water
 

Preparation / Directions:


In small bowl combine 2 teaspoons of fish sauce, ginger, and turmeric. rub the fish on both sides w/ this mixture and let stand for 5 min. In a non-reactive sauce pan, bring 5 cups water and lemon grass to a simmer over medium heat and then simmer the fish for c. 4 min or till just cooked through. transfer the fish to a plate to cool slightly. remove the skin and separate each peice into 2 peices (4 total). bring the soup back to a simmer and add all remaining ingredients (except the fish). and simmer for 3 min. set a piece of fish in each bowl and ladle hot soup over fish. serve w/ jasmine rice.

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