Vietnamese
Canh Ngheu (Clam Soup with Ginger Leaf)
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Canh Ngheu (Clam Soup with Ginger Leaf) 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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Soak the clams in cold salted water 30 minutes so they release any grit, then rinse well.
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Slice the ginger thinly and cut the tomatoes into wedges.
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Bring the water to a boil with the ginger and tomatoes and simmer 3 minutes.
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Add the clams, cover, and cook until they open, about 4 minutes; discard any that stay closed.
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Season with the fish sauce.
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Ladle into bowls, scatter with dill and 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 Ngheu (Clam Soup with Ginger Leaf), 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 Ngheu (Clam Soup with Ginger Leaf) 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
- 60 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 370 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Canh Ngheu (Clam Soup with Ginger Leaf) 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 summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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