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For today's video,
I’ll be showing you how I make Crab Noodle Soup, Bánh Canh Cua.
So, let's get started.
For the broth, here I have some pork hocks.
If you don't want to do pork hocks, you can also do pork bones.
Here I have a yellow onion,
a few slices of ginger,
and some salt.
With the boiling water,
I’m going to blanch the pork hocks.
Once we bring the water back to boil,
we're going to turn off the heat,
remove the pork hocks,
and clean this under running water.
With a clean pot of boiling water,
we're going to add the pork hock back into the boiling water.
Add a yellow onion,
add the slices of ginger,
a tablespoon of salt.
Now let's bring this back to boil.
Now the broth has brought back to boil.
I’m going to turn down to medium,
and let it cook for 40 minutes,
until you can poke a chopstick into the pork hock,
then it's ready.
Cover the lid and let it simmer for 40 minutes.
Here, I have two steamed crabs.
Next, we're going to prepare the crab
and remove the two claws out.
Wow! Look at that crab roe in there.
Remove all the unwanted parts.
Now, I’m going to remove all this crab meat into a bowl.
The broth has been simmered for 40 minutes.
We're going to check on the pork hocks.
As you can see,
I can poke the chopstick into the pork hocks.
So it's ready.
It's pretty soft now.
Remove the pork hocks from the broth.
And remove all the onion from the broth.
To season the broth,
add a tablespoon of chicken seasoning,
add fish sauce,
add straw mushroom to the broth,
add rock sugar to the broth.
Bring it to boil.
Next, we're going to make the natural coloring for the crab by using vegetable oil.
I have about two tablespoons there.
Using Annatto Seed for the coloring.
Add about one tablespoon.
You can see the natural coloring of orange, yellow, and red from the seed.
Just turn off the heat and strain this out.
Now, you have a beautiful color to the vegetable oil.
We're going to use this oil for the crabs.
Next, we're going to prepare the crabs.
Pour the Annatto seed oil into the pan.
Add in the minced garlic,
add in the minced shallots,
add in the crab,
Okay. Now let's set this aside.
I’m going to transfer some broth into a smaller pot.
We're going to have enough broth to cook one bowl of noodle soup.
Because if the seafood sits in the broth for too long,
it will suck away the sweetness of the seafood.
I’m going to add pork hock,
add the crab meat.
Next, add the thick noodle Bánh Canh to the broth.
You can refer to my video on how to make Bánh Canh.
Look at the color of the broth!
It's beautiful.
Let's bring this to boil.
Here, prepare tapioca starch with water,
and add that to the noodle.
This will thicken up the broth.
And the crab noodle soup is ready!
We're gonna transfer that into a bowl to enjoy.
To enjoy this bowl of noodle soup,
we also add fish cake.
For the fish cake, you can also refer to my video.
Add some quail eggs,
add some chopped green onion and cilantro,
add some fried shallots,
add some powder pepper.
And the moment we have all been waiting for
Crab Noodle Soup, Bánh Canh Cua.
Please enjoy!
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