Bun Rieu

Ingredients:
-4 cloves minced garlic
-Crab meat
-Crawfish tails (optional)
-1 cup ketchup or 1 can tomato paste
-1/2 can shrimp paste with bean oil (Tom Nau Bun Rieu)
-Water or chicken broth (enough to fill 3/4 pot)
-3 large tomatoes cut into cubes
-2 tsp bot ngot
-2 Tbs duong
-1 Tbs muoi
-2 Tbs nuoc mam
-3 eggs
-Handful of minced dried shrimp
-3 stalks chopped green onion

Directions:
1. Heat skillet, brown garlic
2. Brown crab meat and optional crawfish
3. Add 1 cup ketchup or tomato paste and stir vigourously to get a red color. Add more ketchup or paste as necessary.
4. Add 1/2 can shrimp paste with bean oil and stir.
5. Add in enough water or chicken broth to fill pot.
6. Add in tomatoes.
7. Add in bot ngot, duong, and muoi and nuoc mam to taste.
8. Beat 3 eggs and add in with minced dried shrimp.
9. Bring to boil. Remove foam from top.
10. Top off with chopped green onions and you are done! Oh, dont forget the noodles!