Vietnamese
Canh Chua Ca (Vietnamese Sweet-Sour Fish Soup)
Time: 35 minServings: 4 servingsCalories: 265 calories
Contains
- fish
Nutrition per serving
estimate · USDA data
- Calories
- ~265
- Protein
- ~21 g
- Carbs
- ~23 g
- Fat
- ~11 g
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Nutrition facts
Per serving, estimated
Calories265
% Daily value*
- Total fat 11 g
- 13%
- Sodium 1190 mg
- 52%
- Total carbohydrate 23 g
- 8%
- Dietary fiber 3 g
- 12%
- Protein 21 g
- 41%
*Percent daily values use a 2,000 calorie diet. Amounts are estimated from USDA data.
Diet
- Pescatarian
- Gluten-free
Cookware
- Pot
Ingredients
- 5 cupswater
- 3 tbsptamarind paste
- 1 cuppineapple, cut in chunks
- 2 tomatoes, cut in wedges
- 8 okras, sliced
- 1 lbcatfish, steaks or fillets, cut in chunks
- 3 tbspfish sauce
- 1 tbspgranulated sugar
- 3 clovesgarlic, minced
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 1 cupbean sprouts
- 1/4 cupthai basil, chopped
- 1 thai chile, sliced
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Method
Fry garlic in oil in a pot over medium heat 1 min until golden.
Add water, tamarind paste, and pineapple. Bring to a boil and simmer 8 min.
Add tomato and okra and cook 3 min.
Add catfish, fish sauce, and sugar. Simmer gently 5 min until the fish turns opaque.
Taste for sweet, sour, and salty. Add bean sprouts, basil, and chile and serve with rice.