How to make Vietnamese Beet Soup (Canh Củ Dền)! This is the ultimate homey, comforting Vietnamese soup you eat at home with family. My dad always makes this for me and my siblings just in case we get sick. It’s a very healthy, nutritious soup and quite easy to make!
📝 Ingredients
Servings: 2
⏱ Time: ~1 hour
For different servings, multiply ingredients accordingly.
🍲 Canh Củ Dền
- ½ lb pork spare ribs
- ½ onion
- 1 knob of ginger
- 2 cups water
- 1.5 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup beets, chopped
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup potatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- ½ tbsp MSG
- ½ tbsp salt
- Pepper to taste
- Green onion (for garnish)
- Cilantro (for garnish)
👩🍳 Directions
- Parboil the pork spare ribs for 5–10 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water.
- In a clean pot, bring water and vegetable stock to a boil. Add the pork, onion, and ginger, and boil for 5 minutes.
- Skim off any impurities from the surface.
- Add the chopped carrots, potatoes, and beets. Cover and let simmer for 30–40 minutes.
- Remove the onion and ginger. Season the soup with fish sauce, MSG, salt, and pepper. Let cook for another 2 minutes.
- Serve hot and garnish with chopped green onion and cilantro.
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