Hot & sour fish soup

Yield: 4 Servings

Measure Ingredient
\N 2 whole cod fillets -- 10 oz
\N 2 stalks lemon grass -- tender

¼ c Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam) 2 ts Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam)

1 ts Fresh ginger root -- minced ½ ts Turmeric

: each

: bulbs only

1 md tomato -- quartered

¼ c lime juice -- fresh

½ ts lime zest

1 sm chiles serranos --

: Julienned

2 lg scallions

2 TB cilantro -- fresh is vital ½ ts white pepper -- freshly

: ground

6 c rice, cooked -- preferably : Jasmine

5 c boiling water

In small bowl combine 2 teaspoons of fish sauce, ginger, and turmeric. rub the fish on both sides w/ this mixture and let stand for 5 min. In a non-reactive sauce pan, bring 5 cups water and lemon grass to a simmer over medium heat and then simmer the fish for c. 4 min or till just cooked through. transfer the fish to a plate to cool slightly. remove the skin and separate each peice into 2 peices (4 total). bring the soup back to a simmer and add all remaining ingredients (except the fish). and simmer for 3 min. set a piece of fish in each bowl and ladle hot soup over fish. serve w/ jasmine rice.

~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recipe By : Food & Wine Magazine From: Kmeade@... (The Me

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