6 vietnamese sour soup Recipes

rice noodles, cooked, rinsed and drained as directed on package, chicken broth or 5 cups vegetable broth, stalks lemongrass, crushed and thinly sliced diagonally (use only bottom third to half of the stalk), shiitake mushroom, sliced (or button mushrooms), onion, thinly sliced, shrimp, cleaned and deveined, fish sauce (or slightly more to taste), fresh lime juice, fresh bean sprout, trimmed and rinsed, green onions, thinly sliced, fresh jalapeno chilies, seeded and thinly sliced, fresh cilantro, roughly chopped, fresh basil, roughly chopped

tamarind pulp* (from a 1-lb. brick ), vegetable oil, shallots, cut into 1/8-in.-thick slices, then dried with paper towels, garlic clove, minced, sambal oelek * or other chili paste, qt. reduced-sodium chicken broth, thai or vietnamese fish sauce, sugar, roma tomatoes, cut into 1-in. cubes, shredded green cabbage, fresh pineapple, cut into wedges, then into 1/8-in.-wide matchsticks, bean sprouts, raw shrimp (26 to 30 per lb.), peeled and deveined, several sprigs rice paddy herb or cilantro, chopped, thai basil leaves , torn into pieces, thai bird chiles or other small hot chiles, chopped, limes, cut into wedges

dried rice noodles (flat , fettuccine-shaped), shrimp, salt, few drops sesame oil, chicken stock, preferably fresh, fresh galangal or fresh ginger, garlic cloves, smashed, stalks lemongrass (bottom third only, sliced thinly on the bias), shallots, sliced, serrano chile peppers, coarsely shredded , including seeds, thai or vietnamese fish sauce, sugar, whole fresh cilantro leaves, lightly chopped asian basil leaves, freshly squeezed lime juice, freshly ground black pepper

tamarind pulp (optional), sliced shallots, salad oil, minced garlic, asian chili paste or hot chili flakes, fat-skimmed chicken broth, shrimp, peeled, deveined, and rinsed, pineapple chunks (3/4 in .), asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla) or reduced-sodium soy sauce, sugar, lime juice (6 tbsp if you don tsp use tamarind pulp), roma tomatoes (6 oz. total), rinsed, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch wedges, bean sprouts, rinsed and drained, chopped fresh thai or anise basil (rau hung que) or regular basil leaves, chopped rice-paddy herb (ngo om) or fresh cilantro, chopped fresh thai (hang prik) or serrano chilies