Laotian Fish Soup with Lemon Grass Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4 – 6

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds snakehead fish* (pa kho) fillets
• 1 stalk lemon grass, chopped crossways
• 2 small heads garlic, the cloves peeled and chopped
• 1-2 tablespoons rice
• 5 spring onions, bulbs only, chopped
• Coriander leaves, chopped
• Fish sauce to taste
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

How to cook Laotian Fish Soup with Lemon Grass:

• Boil water in a pot. Add salt to taste.
• Slice the snakehead fish (pa kho) fillets into pieces about 1-inch long.
• Add the fish and rice to the pot.
• Cook until the fish is cooked through.
• Add the fish sauce, chopped lemon grass, garlic, and spring onion.
• Cook about 10 minutes. Taste and check the saltiness, then transfer everything to a serving-bowls.
• Garnish the snakehead fish food with the coriander leaves and the ground black pepper, and serve.
• If you like the sour taste, squeeze some lime juice on it.

Note:
The Laotian name for Fish Soup with Lemon Grass dish is Keng Tom Yum Pa Kho.

Comments:
*Snakehead fish is also known as Toman fish. The Asian snakehead fish is actually not a single species; a lot of different species in the family Channidae are commonly referred to as Asian snakeheads. They are also known as Frankenfish and Channa fish.

This recipe for Laotian Fish Soup with Lemon Grass serves/makes: 4 – 6

Main Ingredient: Various Fish 
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew 
Cuisine: Other Asian