Dai Chile-Fish Soup with Flavored Oil

• 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds firm-fleshed fish steaks or fillets, such as tilapia, striped bass, or lake trout, or an ocean fish such as snapper or cod
• 4 cups water
• 3 dried red chiles
• 2 fresh green bird chiles or serrano chiles
• 1 tablespoon ginger, cut into small matchsticks
• 1 garlic clove, smashed
• 1 large or 2 small scallions, sliced lengthwise into ribbons, then crosswise into 2-inch lengths
• 1 cup coriander leaves and stems, coarsely chopped
• 1 medium tomato, ripe or green, as you wish, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons Dai Flavored Oil, or to taste
• 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
• Freshly ground pepper (see Notes)

1. Cut the fish into 1- to 2-inch pieces.
2. Place in a small pot, add the water, whole chiles, ginger, garlic, scallions, and coriander, and bring to a boil, then immediately lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. (Meanwhile, prepare the flavored oil.)
4. Add the tomato, the oil, including the garlic slices, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt to the hot broth and simmer for another 5 minutes or so.
5. Taste for salt and adjust if necessary, then add pepper to taste.
6. Serve hot or warm.

firmfleshed, water, red chiles, fresh green bird chiles, ginger, garlic, scallions, coriander, tomato, oil, salt, freshly ground pepper

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/dai-chile-fish-soup-with-flavored-oil (may not work)