🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Clams Canh Chua

Name: Clams Canh Chua
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2 Tomato; 1, diced Garlic; small handful Mint Leaves; 1/2 tsp White Pepper; 150 g Bean Sprouts; 3 cloves, minced Shallots; 3 tbsp Tamarind Paste; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 800 g Clams; 200 g Pineapple; 1 tbsp Neutral Oil

🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Sour-sweet-salty canh chua with clams, pineapple and tamarind — Mekong delta in a bowl. 27 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 17 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Tomato2
Garlic1, diced
Mint Leavessmall handful
White Pepper1/2 tsp
Bean Sprouts150 g
Shallots3 cloves, minced
Tamarind Paste3 tbsp
Stock or Broth1 litre
Clams800 g
Pineapple200 g
Neutral Oil1 tbsp

Instructions

1
Sweat the garlic in the Neutral Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the shallots and white pepper and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the clams.
4
Simmer gently until the clams is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with mint leaves and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — vietnamese cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Sweet & Sour Clam Soup - Canh Chua Nghêu | Helen's Recipes · on YouTube