Recipe: Yummy Bun Rieu

Bun Rieu. The meatball looking fellas in this soup, called gach, or rieu, were originally made with pounded mini crabs in Vietnam. In a serving bowl, arrange cooked noodles then ladle over the soup with pork riblets, crab, tomatoes and tofu. Serve with all the garnishes together, so everyone can costumes their own bowl as they wish to have!

Media: Bun rieu Bún riêu is a traditional Vietnamese soup of clear stock and rice vermicelli. There are several varieties of bún riêu , including bún riêu cua (minced crab), bún riêu cá (fish) and bún riêu ốc (snail). Bun Rieu is a delicious Vietnamese soup with chewy vermicelli noodles drenched in a tangy broth with stewed tomatoes with slightly sweet undertones with the soft, pillowy crab and pork clusters that are then topped with fresh herbs. You can cook Bun Rieu using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bun Rieu

1. Prepare of Stock.
2. You need 8 medium of Tomatoes.
3. Prepare 1/2 bunch of shallots, mostly white part.
4. It's 300 grams of Pork.
5. It's 2 piece of bun rieu stock cubes.
6. It's 4 1/2 liter of water.
7. You need 4 tbsp of fish sauce.
8. You need 1 tbsp of shrimp paste.
9. It's 1 tbsp of crab paste.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of tomato paste.
11. It's 1 tsp of olive oil.
12. It's 1 small of handful dried shrimp.
13. You need 10 medium of fried tofu.
14. It's of Rieu.
15. It's 1 can of crab meat.
16. You need 1 clove of garlic.
17. It's 1 tbsp of crab paste.
18. Prepare 2 medium of eggs.
19. Prepare 1 tsp of olive oil.
20. You need of Other.
21. You need 1 each of bag vermicelli.

Other Names for Bun Rieu - Vietnamese Pork and Crab Noodle Soup. Bun rieu is a really popular noodle soup in Vietnam and one of my personal favorites. It is characterized by a pork-based broth that has tomatoes, onions, dried shrimp, and a crab paste/egg mixture. All the ingredients give the broth a balance of salty and sweet flavors.

Bun Rieu instructions

1. Cut tomatoes into quarters.
2. Chop shallots.
3. Cut pork into medium size pieces or if your using bones, leave as is..
4. Heat pot, add olive oil, tomatoes and shallots. Cook until soft. Then add pork and continue cooking..
5. Add water, dried shrimp, bun rieu stock, fish sauce, crab paste, shrimp paste and tomato paste. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer..
6. Rieu - heat saucepan, add chopped garlic, crab meat and crab paste. Fey for a minute or so.
7. Beat eggs and add fried rieu, stir to combine.
8. Add tofu to stock.
9. Once you are happy with stock taste, pour the rieu in slowly. Try not to stir as it will break the rieu. The rieu will cook in the stock after several minutes..
10. Boil vermicelli until soft and drain.

The pork and dried shrimp make the broth sweet while the crab paste makes. Vietnamese Pork & Crab Noodle Soup (Bun Rieu) I wasn't a big fan of Bún Riêu until I tasted my mother-in-law's Bún Riêu and boy oh boy, was I pleasantly surprised at all the bold flavors. The fermented shrimp paste, the spiced minced crab, the tangy lime and the crunch of the water spinach, all made for a party in the mouth. Cach nau bun rieu cua - Đậu hũ rán giòn, để ráo. Rau sống, lặt sạch, rửa lại với nước muối, ngâm vào nước đã cho tí nước cốt chanh cho rau thêm ngon giữ được lâu.