Canh Chua (Sweet and Sour Soup)

Name: Canh Chua (Sweet and Sour Soup)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 400g white fish fillets, sliced; 1 cup pineapple chunks; 2 tomatoes, wedged; 100g bean sprouts; 1 tbsp tamarind paste; 1L water or fish stock; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 2 stalks taro stems or celery, sliced; coriander and rice paddy herb to serve

A Vietnamese sweet and sour fish soup balanced with tamarind, pineapple and herbs. Adding the tamarind pulp gradually and tasting as you go is what keeps the sour edge balanced instead of overpowering.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

400gwhite fish fillets, sliced

1 cuppineapple chunks

2tomatoes, wedged

100gbean sprouts

1 tbsptamarind paste

1Lwater or fish stock

2 tbspfish sauce

1 tspsugar

2 stalkstaro stems or celery, sliced

coriander and rice paddy herbto serve

Instructions

Bring stock with tamarind, fish sauce and sugar to boil.

Add pineapple, tomato and taro stems. Simmer 10 minutes.

Add fish. Simmer 5 minutes.

Add bean sprouts.

Serve in a bowl topped with fresh herbs.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

124

Protein

20.8g

Fat

1.2g

Carbs

7.5g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

646mg

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