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Big clam soup with Vietnamese spinach

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December 27, 2011
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Big clam soup with Vietnamese spinach
  • Serves 2
Author Notes

Rau mong toi, or according to Cook's Thesaurus, Vietnamese spinach (slippery greens, saan choy, etc.), can be found in any Asian market, and is great with seafood. We usually have it with shrimp, but I was craving clams, and found that clams work just as great. Cherrystone or littleneck clams work better than smaller clams, because you have that bite into the juicy, non-overcooked clam meat. Such a good soup for the cold winter day! —matchaflan

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch Vietnamese spinach (normal spinach works fine)
  • 2 pounds big clams (live,in shell)
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon rice/white wine/white vinegar
Directions
  1. Clean the clams, fill a medium pot with water enough to just cover the clams. Boil till the clams just open, take out right away and separate the meat and the shell. Drain the water that comes out back into the pot and discard the shell.
  2. Roughly chop up the spinach and boil with the clam water, salt to taste. Should take only 5 minutes! Once it's cooked, turn off the heat and add the vinegar. Salt to taste.
  3. Chop up the garlic and saute with neutral-tasting oil until fragrant. Put in clams and very quickly saute with the garlic.
  4. Put the soup in a bowl, clam and garlic on top.
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4 Reviews

matchaflan
matchaflan December 28, 2011
it is super easy! let me know if you like the result! rau mong toi looks like this:http://www.vipmart.com.vn/vipmart/uploads/ThucPham/ThucPhamTuoiSong/RauTuoiNhatVaRuaSach/RauMongToiNhatSachVaRuaSach.jpg
but i think any other soft green like spinach or swiss chard (longer cooking time) works fine too!
 
matchaflan
matchaflan December 28, 2011
it is super easy! let me know if you like the result! rau mong toi looks like this:http://www.vipmart.com.vn/vipmart/uploads/ThucPham/ThucPhamTuoiSong/RauTuoiNhatVaRuaSach/RauMongToiNhatSachVaRuaSach.jpg
but i think any other soft green like spinach or swiss chard (longer cooking time) works fine too!
 
inpatskitchen
inpatskitchen December 27, 2011
As a clam lover, I think this is a soup I must make...thanks for sharing!! (I'm most definitely into EASY!!)
 
matchaflan
matchaflan December 28, 2011
it is super easy! let me know if you like the result! rau mong toi looks like this:http://www.vipmart.com.vn/vipmart/uploads/ThucPham/ThucPhamTuoiSong/RauTuoiNhatVaRuaSach/RauMongToiNhatSachVaRuaSach.jpg
but i think any other soft green like spinach or swiss chard (longer cooking time) works fine too!