Wednesday 23 March 2011

Seafood and Coconut Soup Recipe

Ingredients :
3
5 cm
2.5 cm
2 teaspoons
1 liter
10
200 g
5 tablespoons
200 g
200 g
stalks lemon grass, cut into 5 cm lengths
piece galangal, thinly sliced
piece fresh root ginger, thinly sliced
finely chopped red chili
coconut milk
kaffir lime leaves
boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 2.5 cm cubes
fish sauce
raw unpeeled large prawns, peeled and deveined
firm white fish fillets, cut into 2.5 cm cubes
small handful each coriander and Thai basil leaves
coriander sprigs, to garnish
Method :
In a saucepan, put lemon grass, galangal, ginger and chili. Add 225 ml water. Bring to the boil then simmer for 5 minutes. Add coconut milk and lime leaves. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add chicken, fish sauce and lime juice to pan. Poach for 5 minutes. Add prawns and fish. Poach for a further 2-3 minutes until prawns turn pink. Add coriander and basil to pan. Stir, then ladle into warn soup bowls. Remove and discard lemon grassand lime leaves before eating. Garnish with coriander.
Serves 4

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