Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, sinigang na hipon (filipino shrimp tamarind/sour soup). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sinigang na Hipon (Filipino Shrimp Tamarind/Sour Soup) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Sinigang na Hipon (Filipino Shrimp Tamarind/Sour Soup) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sinigang na hipon (filipino shrimp tamarind/sour soup) using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Sinigang na Hipon (Filipino Shrimp Tamarind/Sour Soup):
- Take 1 lb shrimp with heads (cleaned, deveined and trimmed)
- Take 1 large onion quartered
- Get 2 medium sized tomatoes quartered
- Take 1 ginger sliced
- Prepare 100 g water spinach (cut in 3 inches length)
- Prepare 50 g green okra (cut in half diagonally)
- Prepare 50 g string beans (cut in 2-3 inches length)
- Get 1-2 pieces green long chili/pepper
- Make ready 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- Take 1 pack sinigang mix or tamarind soup base mix
- Prepare 6-8 cups water
- Prepare Optional: Radish sliced (labanos), eggplant quartered
Steps to make Sinigang na Hipon (Filipino Shrimp Tamarind/Sour Soup):
- Pour water in a deep pot and bring to a boil.
- Throw in onions, tomatoes, and ginger with the sinigang mix/tamarind soup base powder and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp and optional eggplant and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add string beans, green okra, green long pepper, fish sauce, and optional radish and cook for 3 more minutes.
- Add water spinach right before turning off the heat. Let it stand with the pot cover on for about 3 minutes to cook. Serve hot with white rice and enjoy!
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