Plate by Plate: Amazonia in the Soup Bowl

Although I’ve given this soup a bit of a write-up in the past, I’ve never really laid it out step-by-step. It’s one of our favorites, and it’s actually quite simple to make, and you can vary it quite easily. It’s our version of Timbuche, a traditional soup of the Peruvian Amazon basin. Variously, it’s described as thick or thin, generally featuring cilantro, though often other herbs, and including freshwater fish, most often cooked whole, in the soup, though I’ve seen versions that use fille...