Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup

By Bellacucinam

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon corn oil
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 2 stalks lemon grass bulbs smashed
• 1 large tomato, seeded and cored, fine dice
• 1/2 lb mushrooms sliced thin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 6 cups water
• 1/2 lb shrimp
• 6 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1/4 lb thin rie vermicelli
• 1/2 cups beans sprouts
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 2 tablespoons sliced scallion

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

saute shallots and lemon grass for a minute

add tomatoes then mushrooms and sugar. stir for about 1 min. add water bring to a boil.

simmer 10 min.

Add shrimp, fish sauce, lime juice and noodles and 2 min.

discard lemon grass.

add beans and crushed pepper top with scallions.