Salty steamed mackerels and winter melon gourd soup is delicious and easy to make food that original from Cambodia. Most people prefers boneless salty steamed mackerel for this soup.
Winter Melon Gourd and Steamed Mackerel Soup
Salty steamed mackerels and winter melon gourd soup is delicious and easy to make food that original from Cambodia. Most people prefers boneless salty steamed mackerel for this soup.
Course: SoupCuisine: CambodianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
1
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
30
minutesCalories
574
kcalTotal time
1
hourIngredients
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 package 2 salty steamed mackerel
4 cups water or 2 canned (14.5 oz or 411 gram) of chicken broth
1 (approx 2-3 lbs or 85 gram) winter melon gourd, peeled and cut in to chunks bite sizes
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 stalks of green onion, chopped
Directions
- To de-bones fish(optional). First cleaned fish; removed fish heads and guts, take a little sharp knife cut an opening at it belly as butterfly cut and gently pulls the central bones out without breaking it shape, set a side.
- Pre-heat a skillet or wok.
- When wok is hot, add oil and garlic, stirs till garlic brown but not burn, removed toasted garlic from hot oil, add steamed mackerel, pan fried steamed mackerel till it lightly brown on both sides and set a side.
- Put winter melon and water (or chicken broth)in a soup pot, cooked till winter melon gourd almost tender.
- Add steamed mackerel, cooked till winter melon gourd tender.
- Seasoning with fish sauce, salt, sugar and black pepper.
- Top with green onion before serve.
Notes
- Serve hot with rice.
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 1g
- Calories: 574kcal
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Cholesterol: 130mg
- Sodium: 3935mg
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugar: 14g
- Protein: 36g
