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Simple Fish Soup with Red Snapper
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A comforting and quick fish soup made with red snapper fillets, kombu, bonito flakes, and ikan bilis, served with thick beehoon, romaine lettuce, and tomatoes. Optional garnishes and dipping sauce add extra flavor.
00:30:00 total
Serves 4
easy
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Ingredients
- Red snapper fillets - 800g (sliced)
- Salt - 1 tsp (for seasoning fish slices)
- Mirin - 4 tsp (for marinating fish slices)
- Sake - 4 tsp (for marinating fish slices)
- Water - 3 litres (for soup stock)
- Kombu - 5g (dried kelp for soup stock)
- Bonito flakes - 5g (for soup stock)
- Ikan bilis - 100g (toasted anchovies for soup stock)
- Thick beehoon - watch the video to see (rice vermicelli noodles)
- Romaine lettuce - watch the video to see (fresh)
- Tomatoes - watch the video to see (fresh)
- Cooking wine - 2 tsp (optional)
- Fish sauce - 2 tsp (optional)
- Egg floss - watch the video to see (optional garnish)
- Fried shallots - watch the video to see (optional garnish)
- Fried ginger - watch the video to see (optional garnish)
- Chilli padi - watch the video to see (for dipping sauce, adjust to taste)
- Garlic - watch the video to see (for dipping sauce, adjust to taste)
- Lemon - watch the video to see (for dipping sauce, adjust to taste)
- Soy sauce - watch the video to see (for dipping sauce, adjust to taste)
Instructions
- Prepare fish slices: Slice red snapper fillets and marinate with salt, mirin, and sake. Set aside.
- Make soup stock: In a large pot, combine water, kombu, bonito flakes, and toasted ikan bilis. Bring to a simmer to extract flavors.
- Cook soup: Remove kombu before boiling. Add marinated fish slices to the stock and cook until fish is done.
- Prepare accompaniments: Cook thick beehoon noodles according to package instructions. Prepare romaine lettuce and tomatoes.
- Serve: Serve fish soup hot with beehoon, lettuce, and tomatoes. Add optional garnishes like egg floss, fried shallots, and fried ginger. Provide dipping sauce made from chilli padi, garlic, lemon, and soy sauce on the side.
