Market Pot · Mixed Seafood Soup
Sopa de Mariscos
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Cooks add whole crab, shell and all, straight into the pot, so diners end up cracking it open by hand right at the table mid-meal.
A tomato-based broth loaded with shrimp, crab, fish, and whole clams, simmered with plantain and yuca. La Unión's port-town cocinas sell it by the bowl, finished with a squeeze of lime.
Why it's made this way: The Gulf of Fonseca's mixed catch of shrimp, crab, and shellfish gives La Unión a seafood-soup tradition unmatched elsewhere in El Salvador's interior.
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