Vietnamese Watercress Soup
Servings 2
Calories 145kcal
Equipment
- Medium sized pot (at least 1 L / 1 quart)
Ingredients
- 600 ml boiling water
- 1/4 brown onion, roughly sliced
- 1 pinch salt
- pepper, to taste
- 100 gm watercress cut into 8 cm / 3 in pieces
- 2 tsp fish sauce, to taste
Meat
- 100 gm pork mince
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Prep all of your ingredients.
- In a pot on medium high, add the water, pepper, salt and onions. Allow it to come to the boil.
- In a bowl, add the mince, pepper and a pinch of salt. With your hands, combine the ingredients together thoroughly. ( move the meat through your fingers!)
- Break the mince into pieces and add it to the pot. Let the pot come back to the boil and skim off any scum with a spoon.
- Add the chopped watercress and cook for roughly 2 - 3 minutes. And then turn off the heat.
- Add 2 tbsp of fish sauce and adjust the soup according to your taste. If you want more seasoning + flavour, then add fish sauce otherwise add salt.
- Serve by itself or with rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 574mg | Potassium: 329mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1596IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 1mg