Snangplern kho mam
(Seafood and fermented fish broth hot pot. )

Authentic Khmer Krom hot pot with fish, shrimp and pork belly meat (sach chrouk bei choen), and light fermented fish broth is very delicious. This popular recipe usually serve at family reunion or large group of people because it's easy to make, it's fun food to share with friends and family , it's taste so good, and most Khmer Krom loves it.
Our people loves this soup with lots of fresh vegetables. Khmer Krom basic raw vegetables for serve with sea food and fermented fish stock hotpot is mixture of ; fishwort , mint , chives , bean sprout , nappa cabbage , bitter melon , and cucumber, or any of vegetables that you prefer. My family favorite is fresh water spinach dips in seafood and fermented fish stock hotpot. The most popular fish that our people use for this recipe is catfish, basa fish or snakehead fish.
• Ingredients :
  • ¼ Cup boneless fermented fish (mam)
  • 2 Cups water
  • 2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
  • ¼ lb. Pork belly meat with skin on(sach chrouk bei choen), sliced thin
  • 4 Cloves garlic, minced
  • ¼ Cup fresh or frozen minced lemon grass
  • 2 Hot chili pepper, minced
  • 1 Yellow onion, sliced
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
  • 6 Cups water
  • 1 lb. Catfish or basa filets, cut chunks
  • 1 lb. Large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
• Procedures :
  In a small pot, boiled fermented fish (mam) and 2 cups water till fermented fish dissolved.
  Placed a small strainer over a large bowl, pours fermented fish stock (tirk mam) in to the strainer to strains out fish bones and set it a side.
  Heat up a large soup pot.
  When soup pot is hot, add oil, saute' pork meat with garlic , lemon grass, chili pepper and onion.
  Seasoning with sugar, fish sauce and black pepper.
  Pour 6 cups water and fermented fish stock in to the soup pot and cook till meat tender.
  Add fish and cook till fish tender.
  Arrange shrimp on bottom of a portable hot pot then add fermented fish soup before put hot charcoal in the portable hot pot or turn it on (if using electric pot) because shrimp take very little time to cook.
  Serve hot with rice or noodles, lots of raw vegetables of your choices, and slices of lime or lemon.