Refreshing sour catfish soup | QUANG NAM ONLINE NEWSPAPER

Under the hot weather, carrying the camera to film in the field, the phone notified a message from mom "This afternoon mom cooked sour catfish soup, come home and have some to cool down, okay?", the summer heat suddenly seemed to cool down.

Talking about catfish, everyone in the upper Thu Bon River is addicted to it because it is delicious, nutritious and "mild". Therefore, it has become a specialty and is preferred by everyone to cook porridge for children. Catfish is a catfish with a flat head and body, two long whiskers and hard, sharp spines on the head.

Catfish usually live on cliffs, and are abundant in the Hon Kem Da Dung area. During the breeding season, after thunderstorms, the fish swim from the caves to the riverbed to lay eggs. If it rains in the afternoon and the river water is muddy with alluvium, the next morning at the market, mothers and aunts happily display baskets of golden catfish for sale.

Catfish is processed into many famous delicious dishes in Nong Son area such as Quang noodle stuffing, turmeric stew, banana stew, porridge... But in the middle of summer, there is nothing more refreshing and refreshing than a bowl of sour catfish soup. Cooking this dish is very simple.

After cleaning, drain the catfish, marinate with a little salt, fish sauce, pepper, chili, and fresh turmeric for about ten minutes to let it absorb. Reduce the peanut oil to the right level, fry some onions, add tomatoes for color, then add water and bring to a boil.

The elders often say, put the fish in to cook when the water is boiling so that the fish does not smell fishy but still retains the sweetness and nutrients of the fish. When the fish is almost cooked, add pineapple and pickled bamboo shoots and cook for a few minutes, then add bean sprouts, season to taste, turn off the heat and finally add some herbs.

An attractive and eye-catching bowl of sour catfish soup with golden, fatty fish floating on the red - green - yellow of tomatoes, pineapple and coriander. To have a distinctive smell, to increase the richness of the sour catfish soup, deaf Vietnamese coriander is always the first choice.

Remove the white meat, dip it in the chili fish sauce and taste the soft, fatty, fragrant, sweet fish meat melting in your mouth. No matter what, you will be attracted! At noon, I had a bowl of sour catfish soup that my mother cooked, and the fatigue and heat in my body felt lighter.

Through many seasons of high and low water, Thu Bon still gently deposits alluvium on the sandbanks along the river, generously treating my hometown people with fresh, delicious fish and shrimp.

Coming to Nong Son in the summer, we invite you to take a boat trip up to Hon Kem Da Dung. Not only can you admire the beautiful landscape that nature has bestowed, but this is also an opportunity to enjoy delicious river dishes with the right taste.

By the charcoal stove, in the middle of a long sandy beach, we can watch the moon rise, listen to the boatman singing folk songs with his spoon, and enjoy the delicious, pure taste of grilled catfish and river shrimp. Then, in the space where heaven and earth meet, we can hear our own breath blowing against the cliffs...

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