Sunday, September 24, 2006

Hủ Tiếu Saté

Saté Flat Rice Noodle Soup


3 quarts chicken broth
2 lbs fresh flat rice noodle
12 cooked shrimps
1/2 lb fried fish cake, sliced
1/2 lb ground pork
1 shallot, minced
1 T roasted peanut, grounded
1 t tamarind powder
2 t saté sauce
1 T preserved cabbage
1 T vegetable oil
salt, pepper, sugar and fish sauce to taste
2 cups bean sprout
1/2 cup chopped green onion and cilantro


Heat oil and stir fry the shallot briefly, add ground pork and stir fry until cooked, about 3 minutes. Season pork with fish sauce and pepper. Set aside.
In a soup pot, add preserved cabbage and tamarind powder into 3 quarts of stock and bring it to a gentle boil. Add saté, sugar, salt and fish sauce to taste.
Put flat noodle in a bowl with bean sprout. Top with fish cake, shrimp and ground pork. Sprinkle chopped green onion and cilantro and roasted peanut. Pour hot soup over and serve.

Saturday, September 16, 2006