Prue Leith’s Hot & Sour Soup with Prawns
SERVES 4
With so much flavour packed into this nourishing one-dish meal, Prue’s authentic South-East Asian soup will fill you up, make you feel good and have you coming back for second helpings.
Made using our Prue’s World Ceramic Casserole Dish.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
- 1 small bunch coriander
- 800ml chicken stock
- 4cm ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 2 lemongrass stalks, trimmed and bruised with a rolling pin
- 6 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced
- 2 shallots, peeled, halved and finely sliced
- 150g shitake mushrooms, sliced
- 300g raw tiger prawns, shelled and deveined
- 1 small red chilli, halved, deseeded and finely sliced
- 2 spring onions, sliced
Instructions
- Mix together the fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar then set aside.
- Finely chop the coriander stalks, reserving the leaves for later.
- Simmer the stock with the chopped coriander stalks, ginger, garlic, lemongrass and lime leaves for 10 minutes.
- Add the shallots, mushrooms and prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes until the prawns change colour.
- Season with the fish sauce mix, and serve in warm bowls topped with the chilli, coriander leaves and spring onions.
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