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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
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  • 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
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  • 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.