Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/4 c Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam)
2 ts Fish sauce -- (nuoc mam)
1 ts Fresh ginger root -- minced
1/2 ts Turmeric
2 whole cod fillets -- 10 oz
: each
2 stalks lemon grass -- tender
: bulbs only
1 md tomato -- quartered
1/4 c lime juice -- fresh
1/2 ts lime zest
1 sm chiles serranos --
: Julienned
2 lg scallions
2 TB cilantro -- fresh is vital
1/2 ts white pepper -- freshly
: ground
6 c rice, cooked -- preferably
: Jasmine
5 c boiling water

In small bowl combine 2 teaspoons of fish sauce, ginger, and
turmeric. rub the fish on both sides w/ this mixture and let stand
for 5 min. In a non-reactive sauce pan, bring 5 cups water and lemon
grass to a simmer over medium heat and then simmer the fish for c. 4
min or till just cooked through. transfer the fish to a plate to cool
slightly. remove the skin and separate each peice into 2 peices (4
total). bring the soup back to a simmer and add all remaining
ingredients (except the fish). and simmer for 3 min. set a piece of
fish in each bowl and ladle hot soup over fish. serve w/ jasmine rice.

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Recipe By : Food Wine Magazine

From: Kmeade#ids2.Idsonline.Com (The Me

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