Spicy and sour shrimp soup (canh chua tom) from The Foods of Vietnam by Nicole Routhier

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    See recipe for suggested fish alternatives to shrimp.

  • anya_sf on March 04, 2026

    Quick, easy, and flavorful. I used red snapper (slightly more) as a suggested alternative to shrimp. Used frozen pineapple chunks. Substituted enoki mushrooms for bamboo shoots, used more bean sprouts, and added some frozen green beans. We ate this as a main course soup with a scoop of rice.

  • mirage on January 16, 2010

    Very tasty broth.

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