Name: Spicy seafood soup
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 uncooked medium blue swimmer crab (500g); 150 gram firm white fish fillets; 8 black mussels (200g); 150 gram cleaned squid hoods; 1.25 litre (5 cups) chicken stock; 2 x 10cm sticks fresh lemon grass (40g), chopped finely; 4 centimetre piece fresh galangal (20g), sliced thinly; 4 fresh kaffir lime leaves; 6 fresh small green thai chillies, chopped coarsely; 4 dried long red chillies, chopped finely; 8 uncooked large prawns (400g); 1 teaspoon grated palm sugar; 2 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh thai basil leaves; salt and pepper, to taste

Ingredients

1 uncooked medium blue swimmer crab (500g)

150 gram firm white fish fillets

8 black mussels (200g)

150 gram cleaned squid hoods

1.25 litre (5 cups) chicken stock

2 x 10cm sticks fresh lemon grass (40g), chopped finely

4 centimetre piece fresh galangal (20g), sliced thinly

4 fresh kaffir lime leaves

6 fresh small green thai chillies, chopped coarsely

4 dried long red chillies, chopped finely

8 uncooked large prawns (400g)

1 teaspoon grated palm sugar

2 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice

1/4 cup loosely packed fresh thai basil leaves

salt and pepper, to taste

Method

1.Slide knife under top of crab shell at back, lever off and discard. Discard gills; rinse crab under cold water. Using a cleaver or heavy knife, chop the body into quarters, leaving claws intact.

2.Cut fish into bite-sized portions; scrub mussels, remove beards. Cut squid into 2cm thick slices; score the inside in a diagonal pattern.

3.Place stock, lemon grass, galangal, lime leaves and both chillies in a large saucepan; bring to the boil.

4.Add prepared seafood and unshelled prawns to boiling stock mixture; cook, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until seafood is just cooked through and mussels open.

5.Remove from heat; stir in remaining ingredients. Season to taste.

Use any firm white fish fillets, such as perch, ling or blue-eye trevalla, for this recipe.
Note

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