White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua). Once the soup has come to a boil add the crab meat, asparagus spears and the quail eggs. Súp Măng Cua is a popular delicacy and consider to be a high-end soup in Vietnam which we get to enjoy only on special occasions like weddings or anniversaries. The main ingredients for asparagus crab soup are crab meat, white asparagus and egg white.
Sup mang cua has a slightly thick, silky texture and combines the sweet and succulent flavors of crab and beautiful white asparagus.
Most Vietnamese soups (canh) are designed to be eaten with rice as part of a meal but this soup is typically serve as a first.
Vietnamese Crab & Asparagus soup is an elegant dish, which is why it's served only on special occasions.
You can cook White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua) using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua)
- Prepare 5 can of chicken broth.
- Prepare 1 can of large white asparagus.
- It's 1 lb of Crab meat.
- You need 2 can of quail eggs.
- It's 1 packages of ekoni mushroom.
- It's 3 of egg whites.
- It's 1/2 tbsp of sugar.
- Prepare 4 clove of garlic.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of cornstarch.
- Prepare 1 cup of water.
The broth is thick and clear, and the ingredients are plain in color. White asparagus, egg whites, white pepper and crab meat are traditionally used to elevate the. Normally the mang tay (Vietnamese asparagus), literally "Western bamboo," used for this soup would be white asparagus spears, most likely canned as fresh asparagus was rather rare to come by in Vietnam. But as it's asparagus season, I see no reason to.
White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua) instructions
- Add chicken broth and garlic to pot. Bring to boil..
- As chicken broth and garlic is prepping to boil, prep other ingredients. Rinse white asparagus then cut into 1 inch segments (diagonal segments). Discard the top of the asparagus..
- Pour quail eggs into basket. Rinse thoroughly..
- Next, prepare the mushroom. Cut the bottom half of the enoki mushroom and discard. Wash and cut mushroom into an inch segment..
- Next, prepare the corn starch. Add corn starch in a small bowl with water. Stir and set aside..
- Prepare the egg whites. Whisk the egg whites wish a fork in a small bowl..
- When the broth comes to a boil, add in the crab meat..
- Add in quail eggs, mushrooms, and white asparagus..
- Season with sugar. Next, add in corn starch while slowly stirring..
- Add in egg whites slowly while stirring with a fork..
- Serve..
Vietnamese crab and asparagus soup: chockfull of vegetables: asparagus, quail eggs, crab meat. Jump to Recipe A perfectly light meal and a great summer soup, this Vietnamese crab and asparagus soup or sup mang cua is what summer is all about. Water, pork bones, salt, nuoc mam, vegetable oil, garlic cloves, scallions, spring or green onions, crab meat, black pepper, cornstarch, eggs, asparagus, cilantro. Bring water to a boil and put the pork bones in. I have pork soup base and crab soup base.