Seafood and Rice Soup

Name: Seafood and Rice Soup
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 6-8
Ingredients: 1 cup medium-grain rice, thoroughly rinsed; 1 lb. milkfish or gray mullet filets (with skin on), cut crosswise into 1/2" pieces; 1 lb. medium shrimp, peeled; 1 tsp. demerara sugar; Salt; 1 1 ⁄ 2 lb. shucked small oysters; 1 ⁄ 3 cup freeze-dried shallots; 1 ⁄ 2 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped

Serves
serves 6-8

Hai-hsian Chou

Huang Jung-chin, wife of a fishery owner near Tainan, serves this soup as a warm and filling lunch.

Ingredients

1 cup medium-grain rice, thoroughly rinsed
1 lb. milkfish or gray mullet filets (with skin on), cut crosswise into 1/2" pieces
1 lb. medium shrimp, peeled
1 tsp. demerara sugar
Salt
1 ¹⁄₂ lb. shucked small oysters
¹⁄₃ cup freeze-dried shallots
¹⁄₂ bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped

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Instructions

Step 1

Put rice into a small pot. Add 1 1⁄2 cups cold water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat and allow to rest, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff rice.

Step 2

Bring 10 cups water to a boil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add fish and cook until just opaque, about 1 minute. Add rice, oysters, shallots, and cilantro and gently stir. Remove pot from heat, cover and allow to rest for 20-30 minutes. Adjust seasonings. Divide soup between 6-8 bowls.