Hot & sour coconut soup
A really light soup with plenty of fresh vibrant flavours. Serve it as a main course, or without rice as a light starter
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 25-30 minutes
- Cook the rice in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes, until tender, then drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat the stock in a large pan, add the lemongrass, galangal or ginger, lime leaves and chillies and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the chicken and mushrooms and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, lime juice, fish sauce and coconut cream and simmer for 5 minutes more. Scatter over the coriander and serve each portion with a little cooked rice spooned in.
356 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1g, salt 2.47 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 25-30 minutes
Inspired idea with chicken
Ingredients
- 100g Thai fragrant rice
- 1.2l chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 1 stalk of lemongrass , thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp finely chopped galangal or root ginger
- 4 fresh or freeze-dried kaffir lime leaves , chopped or crumbled
- 2 red chillies , deseeded and finely chopped
- 250g skinless boneless chicken breast, thinly sliced
- 175g chestnut mushrooms , sliced
- 200g cherry tomatoes , halved
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
- 200ml carton coconut cream
- a handful of fresh coriander , chopped
356 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1g, salt 2.47 g
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