Prawn laksa soup
By: Ching He-Huang From: Good Food Live
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Prawn laksa soup
- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 40 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Spicy, aromatic soul food - Laksa is an everyday soup in Southeast Asia, try this version by Ching He-Huan
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The Laksa paste can be made up to three days in advance and stored in the fridge.
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Ingredients
- ½ tbsp vegetable oil
- 400ml coconut milk
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice, or lemon juice
- 500ml chicken stock
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp Fish Sauce
- 250g yellow wheat noodles, or egg noodles
- 500 g uncooked de-veined Prawns, with tails on, fresh or frozen
- 80g bean sprouts
- a generous handful of coriander leaves
- Salt, to taste
- chilli seasoning, (powder or flakes) to taste
For the Laksa paste:
Method
1. Put the ingredients for the Laksa paste into a blender or food processor and whiz to a paste.2. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the Laksa paste for a few minutes.
3. Stir in the coconut milk, stock, lime or lemon juice, sugar and fish sauce.
4. Bring the soup to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Cook the noodles (put in a pan of hot boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes), drain under cold water to get rid of starch and help keep the noodles springy.
6. Stir the prawns into the soup and simmer until they change colour and are cooked through.
7. Add the bean sprouts and coriander leaves, then salt and chilli seasoning to taste.
8. Divide the noodles evenly among the bowls and ladle over the soup.
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This is a firm favourite in our house - my daughters (aged 11 and 14) beg me to make it! It's tasty, not overly hot with chillies (but you could make it hotter if you wanted) and filling.
The ingredients list for the laksa paste looks fiddly and complicated, but once you've done it once or twice it's really not that bad, and well worth the effort. I sometimes cheat and use ready-cooked frozen prawns - it's cheaper than using fresh and as long as you don't over-cook them the taste and texture is fine.
Give this recipe a try - you won't be sorry you did!