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Easy Bun Rieu Recipe – Vietnamese Soup Recipe

March 21, 2020

I love Vietnamese soups – bun rieu is one of my favorites. My MIL taught me this easy, quick bun rieu recipe. I honestly never knew how easy it was to make! Definitely check this out if you are looking for a simple and easy bun rieu recipe to start with.

Variations

There are many variations of this recipe. You can adjust it to whatever your personal preferences are. This version is a ground pork bun rieu version. A common variation would be adding shrimp and/or crab meat to the ground pork mixture. I would definitely recommend those if you have those ingredients on hand.

If you use shrimp – you can either use dried shrimp or fresh shrimp. If you use dry shrimp, boil the dry shrimp first. Remove the excess water after boiling. Use a food processor to chop it up and add it to your pork mixture. When using fresh shrimp, chop it into small pieces and do a quick saute on the stovetop before adding it to the meat mixture.

The tofu used is usually a fried tofu puff, which can be store-bought. However, you can add tofu straight from the package for a quick version. I tried air frying my tofu, but it is not quite the same as the fried tofu puffs that you can purchase from the store. I still love tofu no matter what form, so definitely choose the type of tofu you prefer best.

What To Buy

For the spicy crab paste, we used the Twin Swans Spicy (Gia V i Bun Rieu Cua) Crab Paste. Both the spicy crab paste and seasoning powder, bột nêm, can be purchased at your local Asian grocery. I bought mine at my local Hmart.

For rice vermicelli noodles, we are currently using the Bamboo Tree one, but any version should work just fine. It’s quite hard to find a lot of Asian food products on Amazon, but I did see the Three Ladies Brand.

Bun Rieu

Easy and Simple Bun Rieu Vietnamese Soup Recipe

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Equipment

Large Soup Pot
Mixing bowl

Ingredients

64 oz chicken broth 2 – 32 oz cartons
3 cups water
1 green onion stalk
1/2 onion
4 tomatoes
1/2 lb ground pork
4 eggs
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tsp bot nem seasoning powder
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp pepper
7 oz spicy crab paste Gia Vi Bun Rieu Cua
1 package sprouts
1 package tofu
1 package vermicelli noodles
1/2 head lettuce
1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

Prep: Boil vermicelli noodles. Follow package instructions to cook noodles. Set aside.
Prep: Chop up green onions (save half for the pork mixture, and half for garnish)
Prep: Slice 1 onion into thin slices, using 1/2 for the soup and the other 1/2 to garnish at the end
Prep: Dice 2 tomatoes and chop up 2 tomatoes in halves
Prep: Chop tofu into cubes. Consider air frying or frying tofu or not at all depending on your preference
Pork Mixture: In a large bowl, add 1/2 lb ground pork, season with fish sauce, bot nem, sugar, and pepper
Pork Mixture: Add 4 egg, continue to mix
Pork Mixture: Add half of the green onions, continue to mix
Pork Mixture: Add 1 can of spicy crab paste (7 oz) to pork mixture, mix all ingredients well
In a large pot, add 1 tbsp oil, saute diced tomatoes and half of the onions
Add chicken broth plus 3 extra cups of water into the large pot
Add the rest of the tomatoes into the large pot
Add the tofu into the large pot
Wait for the soup pot to boil
Once the soup has come to a boil, you can either spoon the pork mixture one by one to have clumps of meat in your soup or pour the entire pork mixture right into the soup pot
Taste soup: add more fish sauce, sugar, etc. to fine-tune it to your own tastes
In a bowl, add vermicelli noodles, add soup base, garnish with green onions, bean sprouts, onions, chopped up lettuce, and lime if desired

Notes

If you choose to add shrimp/crab, chop up the shrimp and quickly saute it first before adding it to the ground beef mixture. Everything else stays the same except the addition of shrimp or crab into the mixture.

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I hope you guys enjoyed this quick and easy bun rieu Vietnamese soup recipe. This meal is definitely comfort food for me. There are so many variations of this soup, so definitely make it your own!

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