Tapioca Soup
5 c Pork stock [Chicken works -just fine. S.C.] 1/2 c Minced or ground pork 1 tb Chopped garlic 3 tb Fish sauce 1/2 c Tapioca 1/2 c Cooked or canned crab meat
Ingredients
- 5cup pork stock [chicken works
- 1tbsp chopped garlic
- 3tbsp fish sauce
- 1/2cup tapioca
- 1/2cup cooked or canned crab meat
Directions
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5 c Pork stock [Chicken works -just fine
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S.C.] 1/2 c Minced or ground pork 1 tb Chopped garlic 3 tb Fish sauce 1/2 c Tapioca 1/2 c Cooked or canned crab meat Pepper
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It's a major product in Thailand and I saw "tapioca trees" all over the place
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The plant itself isn't a tree, but they take the rootstocks and tie them into bundles which they set upright in the fields so they don't rot
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Leaves sprout from the top of the bundle and the whole thing looks like a tree
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The root has a poisonous acid in it that has to be removed by cooking
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Those little balls are actually made++like risotto or "rice pasta"
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It's usually used to make sweet puddings here, but in the Orient it's used to make thick, savory soups