Cooking Times

30 min
Prep Time
70 min
Cook Time
100 min
Total Time

Ingredients (12 items)

1.00 lb Rice vermicelli
2.00 lbs Catfish
or tilapia
1.00 cup Chickpea flour
3.00 stalks Lemongrass
bruised
3.00 large Onions
sliced
8.00 cloves Garlic
3.00 inch piece Ginger
2.00 tsp Turmeric
0.25 cup Fish sauce
2.00 cups Banana stem
sliced, or cabbage
6.00 Hard-boiled eggs
halved
0.50 cup Peanut oil

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Boil fish with lemongrass until cooked, 30 minutes. Flake meat, discard bones.
30 minutes
2
Grind onions, garlic, ginger into paste. Fry in oil with turmeric.
10 minutes
3
Add flaked fish to paste. Fry 5 minutes.
5 minutes
4
Add fish broth and fish sauce. Bring to boil.
5
Mix chickpea flour with water. Slowly add to soup, stirring constantly.
6
Simmer 20 minutes until thickened. Add banana stem.
20 minutes
7
Cook rice noodles separately according to package.
5 minutes
8
Serve noodles in bowls, ladle soup over. Top with eggs, crispy fritters, lime.