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Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Noodle Soup)...bun_rieu.jpg (20680 bytes)
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(Yield: 5 Servings)

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Ingredients:
3 qtz chicken broth, 2 qtz water
1/2 lb Shrimps (peeled, devined and cut into small pieces)
3 1/2 Oz Crab paste (even better with real cooked crab meat)
4 large eggs
1 pkg Rice noodle (bu'n)
3 1/2 tbsps cooking oil
1 bundle Green onion (chopped)
1 medium Onions (chopped)
3 cloves Garlic (mince)
4 large tomatoes (each cut into quarters)
1 cup Ketchup
2 tsps Salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup Hot chili sauce
1/2 cup Vietnamese fish sauce
1/2 cup Shrimp sauce (ma('m to^m)
1 pkg of Bu'n (Vietnamese rice noodle)
1/2 lb Fresh bean sprouts
1 head green lettuce
2 Limes (cut into wedges)
1 bundle Of fresh mint

Preparation:
1. In a large pot, combine 3 qtz of chicken broth with 2 qtz of water. Bring to boil.  Meanwhile, peel and devine the shrimps. Chop it into small pieces. Add 1/2 tsp  pepper, 1/2 tsp salt and sugar and mix well. Chop green onion into small pieces. Place in a bowl and set aside. Also, chop the white onion in small pieces. Cut each tomato each into quarters. Mince the garlic. Clean bean sprouts and green lettuce. Cut lettuce cross wise about 1/4 inch wide. Also cut the mints into small pieces. In a bowl, mix bean sprouts, lettuce, and mint together. Set aside.

2. When the broth boils, reduce heat to medium and add ketchup to broth. Then, in a frying pan, heat 2 tbsps. When oil is hot, add garlic. Mix for 10-20 minutes and add shrimp and chopped white onion. Sauté the shrimp for about 2 minutes. Place the cooked shrimp in a bowl, add eggs and crab paste and mix well. Slowly pour the shrimp mixture into the broth. Add tomatoes and turn the heat down to low. Let it cook like this for 10 minutes and then turn the heat up to high. Do not try to stir up the shrimp mixture or else it will not form nice chunky clusters. When the broth boils, it will mix everything up.  

3. Mean while, cook the noodle in a boiling water for 7-10 minutes or per directions on the package. When rice noodle is cooked, add a 1 tsps of oil, stir well so the noodle don't stick. Rinse noodle with cold water and drain well.

 4. When the broth returns to boil and shrimp paste float to surface, taste the broth to see if more salt and sugar are need. If needed, add more salt or sugar depending on your taste. Add the green onion pieces and 1/2 tsp of oil to broth and turn off heat. Cut the lime into wedges and set aside.

 5. Put the vegetable mix on a plate along with wedges of lime. Place noodle in a bowl and pour hot bu'n rieu soup into the bowl on top of noodle. Serve hot with hot chili sauce, shrimp sauce, and fish sauce if needed.


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