Vietnamese Hot and Sour Soup

Submitted by PanNan

"This recipe was posted on the box of rice noodles, and I'm posting here so I don't lose it. It's slightly modified for our taste."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 ounces rice noodles, cooked, rinsed and drained as directed on package
• 5 cups chicken broth or 5 cups vegetable broth
• 2 stalks lemongrass, crushed and thinly sliced diagonally (use only bottom third to half of the stalk)
• 1 cup shiitake mushroom, sliced (or button mushrooms)
• 1⁄2 cup onion, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 lb medium shrimp, cleaned and deveined
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce (or slightly more to taste)
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

• Garnish

• 1 cup fresh bean sprout, trimmed and rinsed
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 fresh jalapeno chilies, seeded and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, roughly chopped

directions

1. In a large pot, bring broth, lemongrass, mushrooms, and onion to a boil.
2. Add shrimp, fish sauce and lime juice to the pot.
3. Cook until shrimp is opaque (1 - 2 minutes).
4. Add rice noodles and heat another minute.
5. Serve in soup bowls with garnishes as desired.

Reviews

[Mohamjip]

This was delicious. I modified it as we are vegetarian. Shrimp became tofu and we used vegetarian fish sauce (available at SE Asian markets). Also, I used the peppers that are used in Vietnam ... small, red, cayenne peppers.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Well, I'm sure that I managed to take the 'hot' out of this soup, but really needed to cut back on the amount of jalapenos used to just a little more than half of one! Other than that, though, I did follow the recipe & we very much enjoyed this soup! [Made & reviewed in the ZWT6 Family Picks]

 

[Starrynews]

Delicious soup! I had never worked with lemongrass before; very enjoyable in this. I used all of the garnishes, and we thought all of them really added a great dimension to the soup. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Leggy Peggy]

Hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely soup for lunch. And it was very quick to bring together. I made two substitutions because of what was on hand -- egg noodles in place of rice noodles and red chilies in place of jalapenos. We did add a few extra splashes of fish sauce. Yummo!

 

[CookingONTheSide]

Very good soup! I've never made anything like this before so it was a nice change! Very flavorful. Made for ZWT4 Family Picks for the Tastebud Tickling Travellers.