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Cambodian Soup

Level
very easy
Serves
4 personnes

Ingredients

4 lbs
variety of pork bones (neck, legs, ribs, etc.)
2 litres
cold water
1 lb
boneless pork shoulder
1
onion, cut into 2
2 cloves
garlic, crushed
1 tsp
salt
½ cup
dried shrimp
2 tbsp
fish sauce
1 tbsp
brown sugar
250g
lean ground pork
250g
pork liver
1 tsp
salt
4
shrimp, deveined and cooked
4 slices
Vietnamese sausage (sold in the chilled products section)
4 balls
fried fish (sold in chilled products section)
4 balls
chopped pork (sold in the butcher section)
4 rounds
pepper mill
1 package
tonkinese soup / pad thai rice noodles, soaked in lukewarm water 20 minutes
2 tbsp
fried onions
To garnish the bowls
2 handfuls
bean sprouts
1
green shallot, finely chopped
1
lime, cut into quarters
4 stems
chopped coriander
Sauce
1 tbsp
dark soy sauce
oyster sauce
hoisin sauce
black vinegar
sugar

Preparation

Step 1
In a large pot, heat the bones and water over high heat. Skim the fat. Add pork shoulder, onion, salt, garlic and dried shrimp. Lower the heat and cook for 2 hours, skimming occasionally.
Step 2
Remove the pork shoulder after about an hour, let it cool in cold water for 10 minutes. When it is at room temperature, cut into thin slices, put in a dish and cover and refrigerate.
Step 3
Meanwhile, cook the pork liver and crushed pork in a small saucepan filled with water over medium heat for 15 minutes. Rinse in water and slice pork liver. Refrigerate.
Step 4
Cook the noodles in another saucepan about 4 minutes. Rinse well in water to get rid of starch and reserve at room temperature.
Step 5
After 2 hours of cooking the broth, remove all the bones, onions and shrimps from the broth. Spread the broth under a cheesecloth to keep a clear broth. Season with fish sauce and brown sugar.
Step 6
Prepare bowls by putting in, noodles, chilled meats (pork shoulder, pork liver, ground pork), shrimp, fried fish balls and minced pork, pepper, fried onions and toppings.
Step 7
Add the broth that was boiled.
Step 8
This soup is also eaten only with the noodles. If you prefer this, you must add a sauce in the noodles (1/2 tsp of the broth, and add 1 tbsp of dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, black vinegar and sugar) and keep the soup in a separate bowl next to it, to be eaten with a spoon between each mouthful of noodles.

Categories:

Cambodia Hot