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    Thai-style prawn noodle soup

    • Preparation time: 20 minutes
    • Cooking time: 5 minutes
    • Total time: 25 minutes

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    4 nests rice noodles
    2 x 180g packs Waitrose & Partners Raw Extra Large King Prawns
    235g pak choi, sliced on an angle, stems and leaves separated
    28g pack fresh coriander, leaves and stems separated, finely chopped
    1-2 red chillies, finely sliced
    2 limes, juice


    BROTH

    4 garlic cloves, peeled
    20g fresh ginger, peeled
    1 tsp sunflower oil
    1 litre fresh chicken stock
    1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce, plus extra to season
    1 1/2 tbsp nam pla fish sauce, plus extra to season 
    3 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
    1 tbsp caster sugar, plus extra to season

    Method

    1. For the broth, put the garlic and ginger in a small food processor and whizz to a rough paste. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a low heat and fry the paste gently for 1 minute. Add the chicken stock to the pan, then add the remaining broth ingredients and slowly bring to the boil.

    2. Cook the noodles according to pack instructions. Strain the broth through a fine sieve into a clean pan. Bring the broth to just below simmering point, then add the prawns and pak choi stems. Bubble gently for about 2 minutes until the prawns are just cooked through (don't cook to fast or the prawns will overcook). Add the pak choi leaves, then take off the heat and stir through the chopped coriander stems; season with soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar.

    3. Divide the noodles between 4 deep bowls, ladle the broth over the top and add the lime juice. Serve with the coriander leaves and chillies scattered over.

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    Cook’s tip

    To make the paste without a food processor, finely chop the garlic and ginger, then pound in a pestle and mortar with a pinch of salt.

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