Title: Hot Sour Fish Soup
Categories: Soups, Mc
Yield: 4 servings

1/4 c Fish sauce — (nuoc mam)
2 ts Fish sauce — (nuoc mam)
1 ts Fresh ginger root — minced
1/2 ts Turmeric
2 whole cod fillets — 10 oz
: each
2 stalks lemon grass — tender
: bulbs only
1 md tomato — quartered
1/4 c lime juice — fresh
1/2 ts lime zest
1 sm chiles serranos –
: Julienned
2 lg scallions
2 TB cilantro — fresh is vital
1/2 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.

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Recipe By : Food Wine Magazine

From: Kmeade@ids2.Idsonline.Com (The Me

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