Vietnamese
Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp)
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Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the dried shrimp and soak in warm water 10 minutes to soften, then drain.
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Peel the pumpkin and cut into bite-size chunks.
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Bring the water to a boil with the shallot and dried shrimp.
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Add the pumpkin and simmer until tender, about 12 minutes.
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Season with the fish sauce.
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Ladle into bowls, scatter with scallions, and serve hot, alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp) carries shellfish and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Bap Cai Luoc (Boiled Cabbage) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Canh Rong Bien Dau Hu (An Chay Seaweed and Tofu Soup) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 40 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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