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Spring vegetable soup with prawns

  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped
  • 3cm piece of fresh ginger
  • 3 small red chillies
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • handful of fresh coriander
  • juice and zest of 2 limes
  • 200ml reduced-salt vegetable stock
  • 200ml lite coconut milk
  • 300ml water
  • 8 cups spring vegetables (eg. chopped asparagus, broad beans, peas or shredded green cabbage)
  • 400g frozen prawns
  • 2 x 200g packets shelf-fresh Hokkien noodles
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 in a food processer, place sesame oil, lemongrass, ginger, chilli, sugar, coriander stems (save leaves for serving), zest and half the juice, then blitz to a coarse paste. This can also be done in a mortar and pestle.

    2 in a deep non-stick saucepan lightly fry the paste for 30 seconds until fragrant, then add the stock, coconut milk and water. Heat until just boiling, then add the vegetables. Cook 1-2 minutes before adding the prawns.  Simmer for 4-5 minutes.  Add the noodles and cook for a further minute.

    3 Serve soup with chopped coriander leaves and extra lime juice.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use rice noodles and check stock is gluten free.

    One comment on Spring vegetable soup with prawns

    1. Hilary Henderson May 28, 2021 at 7:50 pm #

      This was really good, but I did pep it up a little more with a dash of hot sauce and some fish sauce.

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