White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua)
White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua)

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The French introduced asparagus to the Vietnamese, who promptly incorporated this classic vegetable into their cuisine. The Vietnamese word for asparagus is Western bamboo, due to its resemblance to bamboo shoots. This is a nice, light soup that my whole family likes.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have white asparagus crab soup (sup man cua) using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua):
  1. Take chicken broth
  2. Get large white asparagus
  3. Get Crab meat
  4. Make ready quail eggs
  5. Make ready ekoni mushroom
  6. Prepare egg whites
  7. Get sugar
  8. Take garlic
  9. Get cornstarch
  10. Make ready water

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. Vietnamese crab and asparagus soup is a fancy, luxury dish that you always find at weddings or special occasions. The soup is served as a first course in wedding reception dinner or special celebrations. There are two types of asparagus: green and white.

Instructions to make White Asparagus Crab Soup (Sup man cua):
  1. Add chicken broth and garlic to pot. Bring to boil.
  2. 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.
  3. Pour quail eggs into basket. Rinse thoroughly.
  4. Next, prepare the mushroom. Cut the bottom half of the enoki mushroom and discard. Wash and cut mushroom into an inch segment.
  5. Next, prepare the corn starch. Add corn starch in a small bowl with water. Stir and set aside.
  6. Prepare the egg whites. Whisk the egg whites wish a fork in a small bowl.
  7. When the broth comes to a boil, add in the crab meat.
  8. Add in quail eggs, mushrooms, and white asparagus.
  9. Season with sugar. Next, add in corn starch while slowly stirring.
  10. Add in egg whites slowly while stirring with a fork.
  11. Serve.

White asparagus is simply green asparagus that hasn't been allowed to turn green. The way white asparagus is grown is that it's covered in a thick layer of mulch and dark plastic so that no sunlight reaches the spears. This way the vegetable never gets a chance to turn green because there's no photosynthesis. Its Vietnamese name is Sup cua mang tay or Sup mang cua in short. It is light and delicate with natural sweetness from crab meat and asparagus.

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