Shrimp Soup Recipe

(Canh Tom Vo Vien)

Ingredients : Serves 4

3

1/4 teaspoon

2 cups

1 tablespoon

1 tablespoon

4 cups

Spring onions (scallions), finely sliced

Salt, to taste

White Chinese cabbage, finely shredded

Nuoc cham sauce

Shrimp paste

Fish or chicken stock

• Bring the stock to boil.

• Add nuoc cham sauce.

• Take half teaspoons of the shrimp paste, using an oiled teaspoon and drop them into simmering stock.

• When cooked they will turn opaque and rise to the top.

• Add cabbage, bring back to boil.

• Cover and leave for 5 minutes or until cabbage is tender.

• Sprinkle spring onions on top and remove from heat at once.

• Cover and leave for 1 minute, then serve.