Quick and Easy Spicy Chicken and Prawn Soup Recipe
My love of soup knows no boundaries, and this wee chicken and prawn soup is loaded with some of my favourite Thai-inspired flavours and is hot, sweet, sour and salty.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 620kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 15 g Ginger ½ Thumb Sized Piece
- 1 Small Stick Lemongrass
- 6 Lime Leaves
- 1 Small Chicken Breast 150g
- 200 g Prawns 7oz (raw and shelled)
- 2 tablespoon Cooking Oil
- 2 tablespoon Thai Red Curry Paste
- 200 ml Coconut Milk ¾ Cup + 2 tablespoon
- 500 ml Low Salt Chicken Stock 2 Cups
- 1 tablespoon Dark Brown Sugar
- ½-1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
- 1 Lime (juice only)
- Spring Onion (for garnish)
- Coriander (for garnish)
Instructions
- If your prawns are frozen, place them in a sieve or colander under running cold water to defrost them.
- Cut the shallot in half, peel it and then dice it as finely as you can.
- Peel the garlic cloves and dice them as finely as you can.
- Peel and dice the ginger as finely as you can.
- Top and tail the lemongrass, remove and tough outer leaves leaving just the soft and tender core, and bash it with the blunt end of the knife, then slice the lemongrass as thin as you can.
- Remove the stems from the lime leaves and discard them, then shred the leaves as finely as you can.
- Slice the chicken breast across the grain as thin as you can.
- Heat a wok over a high heat and when it is shimmering hot, add the oil, quickly followed by the shallot, ginger, garlic, lemongrass and lime leaves. Stir fry for 60 seconds.
- Pour in the coconut milk and add the Thai curry paste, stir to combine and then cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Pour in the chicken stock and add the brown sugar, fish sauce and lime juice (do this to taste).
- Add the chicken, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Finally, add the prawns and cook for a final 2-3 minutes and serve with the garnishes.
Do not discard the outer leaves; you can freeze them and toss them in a Thai curry and remove them before serving.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 620kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 54g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 345mg | Sodium: 2072mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g
