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Hot & Sour Prawn Noodle Soup

30 mins
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Donal's Notes

Not traditional, but borrowing from the arsenal of Thailand’s essential kitchen ingredients, this noodle soup is vibrant and aromatic with ginger, lime, chilli & lemongrass. This soup is best made with flat rice noodles rather than fine vermicelli as they hold their shape better in the broth. Build the soup with whatever steamed vegetable you have to hand.

Ingredients

fresh ginger
fresh ginger
kaffir lime leaves
kaffir lime leaves
limes
limes
garlic
garlic
red chilli
red chilli
lemongrass
lemongrass
fresh coriander
fresh coriander
Raw king prawns
Raw king prawns
coconut milk
coconut milk
fish stock
fish stock
fish sauce
fish sauce
flat rice noodles
flat rice noodles
tenderstem broccoli
tenderstem broccoli
bean sprouts
bean sprouts

Equipment

Knife
Knife
blender
blender
Deep frying pan
Deep frying pan
Chopping board
Chopping board

Method

1

In a small hand blender, blitz the ginger, lime leaves, lime, garlic, red chilli, lemongrass and coriander stalks until finely chopped and a smooth paste forms.

2

Don’t shake the coconut milk before you open it. When you open it, scoop out the thick coconut milk topping (the liquid is usually underneath) and place in a large high sided frying pan or wok with the prepared aromatic paste. Place over a medium high heat and fry until it becomes fragrant.

3

Add the remaining coconut milk, reserved prawn shells & heads, fish sauce and fish stock and bring to a steady simmer. Cook for 10-15 minutes until the broth has thickened slightly. Remove the shells and discard. Season to taste with more fish sauce if needed.

4

Keep the broth on a steady simmer and add the prawns to cook for 3 minutes.

5

Serve the broth and prawns over warm flat rice noodles and garnish with the reserved coriander leaves, lime wedges, broccoli and bean sprouts if you wish.

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