Guide cook delicious and nutritious pork brain crab soup for the whole family

Pork brain crab soup is a delicious, attractive and easy to prepare soup. Today, we will tell you 2 very simple ways to cook pork brain crab soup at home. Let 's go to the kitchen and show off your talents with this delicious dish to treat your family!

1. Pork brain crab soup

• Prepare

  30 minutes
 

• Processing

  40 minutes
 

• Level of difficult

  Easy

Ingredients for Pork Brain Crab SoupFor 4 people

 Sea crab 1 kg Pork brain 100 gr Chicken bones 1 kg Chicken eggs 3 30 quail eggs American corn 2 Dried shiitake mushrooms 12 pieces 1 piece fresh ginger(large size) Coriander 1 branch Flour 100 gr Sesame oil 2 tablespoons Common seasoning 1 little(Salt/ seasoning/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ pepper)

How to choose to buy delicious dried shiitake mushrooms (shiitake mushrooms)

• Should choose the type that is firm, not broken, light color, no white mold stains. Choose a reputable facility to choose to buy safe dried mushrooms.
• Do not choose to buy dried shiitake mushrooms of unknown origin and have an unpleasant odor.

How to make Pork Brain Crab Soup

• first

  Preliminary crab meat

  After buying crabs, drill to cut the crab ropes. Turn the bib upside down under the crab's belly and poke the hollow with a scissor or sharp knife until the legs and claws are straight, then rinse with salt water.

  After cleaning the crabs, remove the pot, add a little water, then put the crabs in and boil until the crabs turn orange, remove the crabs and let them cool.

  Next, you separate the crab shell on a plate first so that the bricks do not spill out, remove the crab hair and take the meat, tear it into small pieces.

  Outward remittance:

  • To make crab processing easier, after buying crabs, you should put them in the freezer for 1-2 hours so that the crabs can sleep easier.
  • When boiling crab, you add a little water to keep the sweetness. Only a small amount of water should cover the crab's face.

  

  

  

  
• 2

  Processing pig brains

  After purchasing, remove the blood vessels and wash them with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water and put in a bowl.

  Put the pot on the stove, put a little water in the pot, bring to a boil. When the water boils, take a bowl of pork brain, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and place it in the pot, cover and steam over medium heat for about 10-15 minutes until the pork brain is cooked and fragrant, then remove the bowl. and turn off the stove.

  Then, let the pork brain cool slightly, then take it out, put it on a cutting board and cut it into large dices.

  Outward remittance:

  • To prevent the pork brain from getting fishy, ​​when steaming the pork brain, you should add a little ground pepper, sliced ​​purple onion or green onion head to the bowl, it will help the pork brain after steaming more delicious.
  • The bowl of pork brain after steaming will be very hot, to avoid burns, you should wait for the bowl to cool slightly before using a towel to lift the bowl.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Prepare other ingredients

  Peel the ginger, wash and grate it. Coriander washed, cut into pieces.

  2 corns, peeled and bearded (if any), washed, drained and cut into pieces.

  Dried shiitake mushrooms soaked in warm water for 10 minutes to bloom, then rinsed with clean water, squeezed dry and cut into bite-sized fibers.

  Boil quail eggs until cooked, then take them out, put them in a bowl of cold water, peel them, and put them in a bowl.

  In a cup, mix 100g of tapioca starch with 4 tablespoons of water, stir until the tapioca is completely dissolved.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  broth cellar

  Put the pot on the stove, add crushed ginger, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 liters of water and bring to a boil. When the water boils, add the chicken bones and cook for about 10 minutes.

  Next, put the cut corn in the pot and stew the chicken bones and corn for about 30 minutes to sweeten the broth.

  Small tip: To make the broth clear and delicious, remember to remove all the foam.

  

  

  

  
• 5

  Separate corn kernels and beat eggs

  After about 30 minutes of stewing, take the corn and chicken bones into a separate bowl, add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of seasoning and stir well, cook until water boil again.

  After taking out the corn, wait for it to cool slightly, then separate the kernels.

  Separate 3 eggs and put in 1 cup, add 1/2 teaspoon seasoning and beat.

  

  

  

  
• 6

  Cooking soup

  Wait for the water in the pot to boil again, put the corn kernels, shiitake mushrooms, crab meat, pork brain, quail eggs into the pot, stir well and cook for another 7-8 minutes for the above ingredients to be cooked.

  Slowly add the tapioca water to the pot, stir well and cook for another 10 minutes.

  After about 3-5 minutes, the soup in the pot has thickened slightly. You add 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, slowly add the beaten eggs to the pot and stir for about 2 minutes until the eggs are cooked, blending with the above ingredients.

  Finally, taste the seasoning to taste and put it in a cup, add chopped coriander, a little ground pepper and it's done.

  Small tip: To keep the broth clear, without residue, you can filter it 1-2 times and then put it back in the pot to cook soup.

  

  
• 7

  Finished Product

  After finishing the pork brain crab soup, it has an attractive aroma. The soup is smooth, sweet, and the ingredients are perfectly blended, extremely delicious.

  Enjoy it while it's still hot. Show your talent in the kitchen and make it right away to treat your family!

  

2. Pork brain crab soup (recipe shared by user)

• Prepare

  30 minutes
 

• Processing

  1 hour
 

• Level of difficult

  Easy

Ingredients for Pork Brain Crab Soup (recipe shared by users)For 2 people

 Pork brain 250 gr(cleaned) Crab meat 150 gr Chicken bones 500 gr Water 1 liter Chicken broth 500 ml 1 chicken egg Frozen nuts 200 gr(corn/peas/…) Coriander 1 little Purple onion 4 pieces Cornstarch 3 tbsp(or tapioca flour) Common seasoning 1 little(seasoning/salt/sugar/ground pepper)

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How to make Pork Brain Crab Soup (recipe shared from users)

• first

  Cook chicken broth

  First, you cook chicken broth with 500g of chicken bones with 1 liter of cold water, add 4 purple onions to make the chicken broth more fragrant.

  After about 30 minutes of cooking, remove the chicken bones and onions, leaving only the clear chicken broth.

  
• 2

  Season the broth

  You take 500ml of chicken broth into a pot and then put it on the stove and season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of sugar.

  Next, you add the cleaned pork brain and cook for about 10-15 minutes on high heat. When the water boils, add 150 grams of crab meat and 200 grams of nuts and cook for about 15 minutes.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Perfecting pork brain crab soup

  Mix 3 tablespoons of cornstarch with 5 tablespoons of cold water. Once the powder is completely dissolved, add it to the soup and stir gently.

  Finally, you crack 1 chicken egg into the pot and gently stir to create a beautiful egg texture.

  Before turning off the stove, you can re-season to taste.

  

  
• 4

  Finished Product

  Now, you just need to skim off the foam and scoop the soup into a bowl, garnish with a few stalks of cilantro and sprinkle some ground pepper to enjoy right away.

  The pork brain crab soup is hot, fragrant, and has a moderate consistency. Sip a spoonful of soup with pork brain, you will feel the greasy taste of pork brain mixed with sweet chicken broth.

  

  

  

  

How to choose to buy fresh pork brain

• To be sure, you should buy pork brain at a reputable place with clear origin.
• Select brains intact, no cracks, brains do not bleed out, the color is still red and pink.
• If the pork brain does not have a bad smell and touches it, there is a layer of outer membrane, slightly sticky to the hand, then it is a good brain.
• Do not buy pig brains that are bruised, hematoma or bruised, have an unpleasant smell.

How to choose to buy fresh and delicious sea crabs

• When choosing a crab, it is necessary to squeeze the shell and bib of the crab to see if it is hard or not, if it is hard, it means that the crab is firm. In contrast, that crab has meat or less meat.
• Perform a gentle squeeze on the thigh of the swimming beam, under the crab shell, if the crab shows signs of struggling with the whole stick, it is a healthy crab and delicious meat.
• See the grinding of the upper skin of the crab's claws. If it has a red or dark pink color, the crab has a lot of meat.
• Do not buy crabs that feel light, weight is not commensurate with size, crabs have a strange smell because these crabs are either thin, have little meat or have been stored for a long time, do not eat well.

How to choose to buy fresh chicken eggs

• You can use your hands to touch the surface of the eggshell, if the surface is rough, a little rough, the egg is fresh, and the surface is smooth, the egg has been left for a long time.
• To check if the egg is new or not, shake it gently, if there is no movement, the egg is new, if the movement is strong, the egg is old and should not be purchased.
• For eggs with hard shells, look for a thin layer of chalk around the shell, if any are fresh eggs.

How to choose to buy delicious fresh corn

• Choosing to buy corns with even, tight, glossy and straight corn kernels is okay and should not be too big, so choose moderately elongated ones.
• You can choose American corn or glutinous corn to make the soup, American corn will be sweeter and more fragrant, and glutinous corn will be more flexible when eaten.
• Shouldn't buy corn with beard that has dried, when holding it, the corn is hard, the surface of the corn is slightly dry because these are old corn, when used for processing, it will not be delicious.

How to clean pig brain without fishy

• After buying, you soak with a mixture of 1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon vinegar or white wine. Then, use your hands to gently peel off the blood film on the pig's brain and wash it with clean water.
• The blood membrane is the cause of the fish's brain, so when this membrane is removed, the pig's brain will no longer be fishy.
• Note when cleaning, you only need to be gentle to avoid crushing the pig's brain.