Let’s make my favorite Súp Măng Cua, aka Vietnamese Crab and Asparagus Soup! 🦀
This traditional Vietnamese soup is commonly served at weddings or during the Lunar New Year, but it’s also perfect for the cooler fall weather. 😋
I love making this easy soup with homemade pork broth, but you can opt for a premade broth to save time. Grab my homemade pork broth recipe on my recipe website. See link in bio.
📝 Ingredients — 20 servings 👨👩👧👦
Soup
▢ 24 cups of Pork Broth
▢ 2 cans white asparagus
▢ 16 oz can lump crab meat (Costco 🙌🏻)
▢ 15 oz can quail eggs
▢ 2 dried snow white fungus optional
▢ 1 fish maw (optional)
▢ 3 large eggs whites and 1 egg yolk
Potato Starch Slurry
▢ ½ cup Potato starch
▢ 1 cup water
Garnish
▢ Cilantro
▢ Green onion
▢ White Pepper
👩🏻🍳 Instructions
1. OPTIONAL: If opting for white fungus and fish maw, soak in hot water to rehydrate for 10 minutes. Then cut into 1” pieces.
2. Slice canned asparagus into 1-inch pieces. Save about ½ cup of aspar...
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