Shopping Tip

Name: Shopping Tip
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 can (5.6 oz, or 160 g) minced crab in spices (gia vị nấu bún riêu); 1 can (5.6 oz, or 160 g) minced crab in spices (gia vị nấu bún riêu); 3 eggs; 10½ oz (300 g) ground pork; 1 tbsp (15 ml) fish sauce; ½ tsp black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Pho

By Helen Le

Published 2017

About

If you can’t find the live or frozen field crabs, substitute cans of minced crab in spices, commonly available at most Asian food stores. Here is the recipe for the easy and express version of riêu cua:

Ingredients

1 can (5.6 oz, or 160 g) minced crab in spices (gia vị nấu bún riêu)<

Asia
Vietnam
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Pour into a pot of boiling pork broth (about 10 cups, or 2.5 L) and cook until it floats to the surface. The rest of the steps are the same as the original recipe (see from step 5).