Quick Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Ball Noodle Soup). Traditional bun rieu is very time consuming. Getting bun rieu at the restaurant pretty much guarantees that you will not be getting real crab. This quick version takes the work out of it but still maintains the authentic taste with real crab meat.

Quick Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Ball Noodle Soup) My dear friend Be, (who showed Ok, we will talk about that later because today is all about Bun Rieu, Vietnamese Crab Noodle Soup! The main ingredients for the crab mixture is lump crab meat and jared crab paste with soya bean oil. Original Bun Rieu is very complicated and demanding to cook, but today we make a very simple and quick version of this dish at an affordable price Scoop the crab meat mixture into the soup pot. You can have Quick Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Ball Noodle Soup) using 28 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Quick Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Ball Noodle Soup)

  1. Prepare of meat balls.
  2. It's 1 lb of shrimp (shell, devein and finely chop).
  3. Prepare 1 lb of ground pork.
  4. Prepare 2 of eggs, beaten.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of black pepper and salt.
  6. It's 3 of scallion (finely chop).
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp of red boat fish sauce.
  8. You need 1 can of fresh crab meat (prefer lump).
  9. Prepare of soup.
  10. You need 2 of lemon grass, discard green part. Use white part and cut into 3 inch stalks and bruise.
  11. It's 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
  12. It's 4 of tomatoes, quartered.
  13. It's 2 can of chicken stock (low sodium).
  14. It's 1 cup of dried shrimp broth (made by boiling and seeping dried shrimp for 10 min) this is optional as it provides a very intense flavor.
  15. It's 4 cup of water.
  16. It's 10 piece of fried tofu.
  17. You need 3 of Shallots chopped finely.
  18. You need 5 of garlic cloves finely chopped.
  19. It's 1 tbsp of fish sauce.
  20. You need 2 tbsp of avocado oil.
  21. You need 2 of bay leaf.
  22. Prepare of bowl.
  23. You need 1 packages of Rice noodles boil until tender and drain.
  24. It's 1 cup of bean sprout.
  25. It's 1 bunch of basil.
  26. Prepare 1 cup of chopped cabbage.
  27. Prepare 1 bunch of cilantro.
  28. You need 1 of Lime cut into quarters.

The meat is cooked when they float to the surface. To cook the noodles, bring a large saucepan of water. BUN RIEU CUA Bun rieu is not commonly seen in the restaurant menu. Almost everybody (Vietnamese or not) knows pho noodles nowadays!

Quick Bun Rieu (Crab Meat Ball Noodle Soup) instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients for the meat ball and set aside..
  2. In a stock pot sautee Shallot and chopped garlic until aromatic..
  3. Add tomatoes and lemon grass and sautee until tomatoes are soft. add tomato paste and then bay leaf..
  4. Pour in chicken stock, fish sauce, shrimp broth, water and bring to a boil for 10 min. Skim off foam from top.
  5. With two spoons, form small meatballs with crab-shrimp-pork mixture and place into boiling soup.
  6. Add fried tofu, let boil until meatballs and tofu float to the top.
  7. Cook rice noodles until tender. Drain water. Place rice noodles in a bowl, arrange meatballs and tofu and garnish with basil, bean sprout, cabbage and cilantro. Squeeze 1 wedge of lime into bowl. Pour in hot soup last..

Use a ladle or big spoon and spoon the crabmeat mixture into the broth above. Continue to do so until you run out of the crab meat mixture. The "riêu" in bun riêu refers to the crab mixture in the dish. I prefer the crab mixture to be very delicate but I've also seen the soup served with firmer crabcakes. The mixture should be pretty thick, but not firm enough to form into balls.