Vietnamese Crab Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 7 ounces crab minced, in spiceås
• 3/4 cup dried shrimp washed, drained
• 1 cup shrimp fresh, peeled, deveined
• 1 cup pork paste giò sống, how to make pork paste
• 1 egg
• 10 cups pork or chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 tomatoes medium-large ripe, peeled, cut into wedges, I showed how to peel a tomato in Canh chua video here
• 1 cup deep fried tofu cubed
• 1 cup pork blood cubed, cut into bite sized cubes
• 1 tablespoon shallots finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• fish sauce
• 1/4 cup green onion white part, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon oil
• vermicelli noodles
• green onion green part only, finely chopped
• cilantro finely chopped
• shrimp paste fine
• chillies fresh hot, optional
• lemon balm Vietnamese
• perilla
• bean sprouts
• water spinach shredded, I substitute thinly sliced cabbage
• lime wedges