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Lẩu Ếch – Frog Hotpot
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Lẩu Ếch – Frog Hotpot
Laura Chen
4
30 minutes
60 minutes
450
Vietnamese
Main course
Lẩu Ếch is a traditional Vietnamese dish known above all for its spicy, hearty broth. It consists of tender frog meat and a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs, served in a steaming hot pot.
Ingredients
- 500 g frog legs, cleaned and skinned
- 1 liter chicken broth
- 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into 5 cm pieces
- 4 kaffir lime leaves
- 2 red chilies, finely chopped
- 200 g shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 100 g water spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 bunch cilantro, roughly chopped
- 2 scallions, sliced into rings
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Juice of 1 lime
- 200 g glass noodles, soaked and drained
Instructions
- Bring the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and chilies to a boil with the chicken broth in a large pot.
- Add the frog legs and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Add the shiitake mushrooms, water spinach, cilantro and scallions to the pot and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Stir in the fish sauce, sugar and lime juice and simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Add the soaked glass noodles and cook for 5 minutes, until hot and soft.
- Take the hot pot off the heat and serve right away.
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