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Sour and sour soup with Linh cotton fish with chopsticks – Ben Tre | Famous specialty of Ben Tre Province

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Sour and sour soup of Linh cotton fish with chopsticks – A dish that makes you remember, brings the soul of Westerners

Perhaps due to a certain predestined situation, on the occasion of the rising water, when the spirit fish returns, the sorrel flower also blooms. So people in the West in general and in Ben Tre in particular are eager  to go fishing and pick cotton so chopsticks to cook sour soup .

When the water rises, the fish is big and fatty and its meat is fatty, soft and sweet. When cooking, people often choose the big spirit fish, squeeze all the honey at the belly level, wash it and leave the whole fish to dry. Buy cotton sorrel, remove the stamens inside and wash gently so that the cotton is not crushed, then drain. Prepare spices such as: chopped herbs, chili, sugar, salt or fish sauce, tamarind (or vinegar), cilantro.

Bring the water to a boil and pickle tamarind, when the water boils, put the fish in the pot and then close the lid. Bring to a simmer so that the fish doesn’t get crushed, when the water boils again, put the prepared spices in the pot. Wait a moment, then put the cotton in the chopsticks, gently stir so that the cotton does not soften and submerge the cotton. After the soup is cooked, add seasoning to taste.

Sour and sour fish soup  with pure fish sauce is incomparably delicious when the sweetness of the fish, the slightly sour taste of tamarind, and the fragrant aroma of the chopsticks make you want to stop but can’t stop.

If you ever come to the land of coconut, especially in the floating season, you should definitely not miss the opportunity to taste this flavor.

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