Name: Clear prawn and pasta soup
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 gram uncooked medium prawns; 150 gram tagliatelle pasta, broken roughly; 1.25 litres (5 cups) chicken stock; 2 cups (500ml) water; 20 gram piece fresh galangal, chopped finely; 4 centimetre (20g) piece fresh ginger chopped finely; 4 kaffir lime leaves; 1/2 (20g) x 10cm fresh lemon grass stick, finely chopped; 1/3 cup (80ml) lemon juice; 1/4 cup (60ml) fish sauce; 1 tablespoon sambal oelek; 1 fresh small red thai chilli, sliced thinly; 1/4 cup fresh coriander, coarsely chopped

Ingredients

500 gram uncooked medium prawns

150 gram tagliatelle pasta, broken roughly

1.25 litres (5 cups) chicken stock

2 cups (500ml) water

20 gram piece fresh galangal, chopped finely

4 centimetre (20g) piece fresh ginger chopped finely

4 kaffir lime leaves

1/2 (20g) x 10cm fresh lemon grass stick, finely chopped

1/3 cup (80ml) lemon juice

1/4 cup (60ml) fish sauce

1 tablespoon sambal oelek

1 fresh small red thai chilli, sliced thinly

1/4 cup fresh coriander, coarsely chopped

Method

1.Shell and devein prawns, leaving tails intact.

2.Cook pasta in large saucepan of boiling water, uncovered, until just tender, drain.

3.Meanwhile, combine stock, the water, galangal, ginger, lime leaves and lemon grass in large saucepan, bring to a boil. Boil, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until reduced by a quarter. Add juice, sauce, sambal and prawns, reduce heat, cook, uncovered, until prawns just change in colour. Remove from heat, discard lime leaves. Add chilli and coriander.

4.Divide pasta and prawn mixture among serving bowls, ladle soup over the top.

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