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Vietnamese Style Salmon Bouillabaisse

Here's how you make Vietnamese Style Salmon Bouillabaisse
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  • Servings: 4-6
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
    • The following recipe serves 4-6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 to 1 1/4 pounds salmon fillets
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 4 tablespoons oil (vegetable o)
  • 1 onion, sliced (small onion)
  • 3 to 4 cloves garlic
  • 3 stalks lemongrass, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups pineapple, diced (fresh)
  • 1/2 cup bamboo shoots (thinly sliced)
  • 2 tablespoons tamarind paste (mixed with ¼ cup boiling water)
  • 2 tomatoes, cored, cut into wedges
  • 2 chillies, sliced
  • 2 spring onions (sliced)
  • 2 bunches spinach (large bunches Chinese spinach or green spinach)
  • 1/2 fresh cilantro and mint, to serve
  • 1 cup mung bean sprouts, to serve
  • Steamed rice, to serve
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cut salmon into bite-size chunks and sprinkle with fish sauce. Set aside for 30 minutes.

  • Step 2: Heat oil in a saucepan. Add onions, garlic and lemongrass, stir-fry until onion softens. Add sugar, pineapple and bamboo shoots and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil. Add tamarind paste and water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add salmon, tomatoes, chilli, spring onions and spinach. Bring back to the boil.

  • Step 3: Discard lemongrass and add fresh herbs and mung bean sprouts. Serve with steamed rice.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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