Laotian Fish Soup (kang Som Pa)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups water
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised (or 2 strips lemon rind)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb tilapia fillet, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 medium tomatoes, quartered
• 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped (coriander)
• lemon juice, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a soup pot, bring water to a boil with lemon grass (or lemon rind) and salt; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 2 add fish and fish sauce and return to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat again and add tomatoes and simmer gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat and discard lemon grass (lemon rind) and add spring onions and cilantro. stir in lemon juice to taste.
• 5 more fish sauce can be added also, if desired.
• 6 serve hot.