How to make a healthy Vietnamese spinach and shrimp ball soup, or Canh Rau Tôm Viên! Filled with healthy greens and the simplest ingredients, you’ll be craving this when you’re feeling sick (or if you just want a quick & simple soup to eat for dinner!).
📝 Ingredients
Servings: 2
⏱ Time: ~15 min
For different servings, multiply ingredients accordingly.
🦐 Shrimp Balls
- 1 cup minced shrimp
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon
- 2 tsp tapioca starch
🍲 Soup Base
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1.5 cups water
- 1.5 cups chicken stock
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ½ tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon
- Chinese mustard greens (to taste)
- Taiwanese spinach (to taste)
- Ground black pepper (to taste)
👩🍳 Directions
- Mince the shrimp into a paste and mix with sea salt, sugar, chicken bouillon, and tapioca starch.
- In a pot, sauté minced garlic in a bit of oil until fragrant. Add in water and chicken stock.
- Bring to a boil, then scoop the shrimp paste into small balls and gently drop them into the broth. Simmer for 3–5 minutes.
- Add in Chinese mustard greens and Taiwanese spinach along with the remaining seasonings (salt, fish sauce, sugar, bouillon, black pepper).
- Let simmer for 2–3 more minutes until greens are tender. Serve hot!
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