A delicious Vietnamese noodle soup made with shrimp, crab, and fresh tomatoes, served with vermicelli noodles and herbs. This hearty soup combines dried and canned crab meat, ground pork, and a variety of spices to create a flavorful broth.
1: Blanch the pork spare ribs and cut them into pieces.
2: In a large pot, combine the water and pork spare ribs, then bring to a boil.
3: Add dried shrimp, minced crab, crab meat, and ground pork to the pot.
4: Stir in minced garlic, diced onion, quartered tomatoes, fish sauce, salt, and sugar.
5: Cook for about 30 minutes until the flavors meld.
6: In a separate pan, sauté the garlic and onion in oil until fragrant, then add minced crab.
7: Dissolve the tamarind soup base and shrimp paste in the broth.
8: Serve the soup over cooked vermicelli noodles and garnish with shredded cabbage, scallion, cilantro, lime, and herbs.
