Sour And Spicy Prawn Soup Recipe

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Recipe Ingredients

Prawns 12-16
Chicken Stock 4 cups
Ginger 1 inch
Green chillies 2
Lemon grass stalks 2
Lemon Rind 1 tsp
Kaffir lime leaves 3
Fresh button mushrooms 6-8
Fish sauce 1/2 tbsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli 1
Fresh coriander Leaves 2 tbsp
Spring Onion 2-3

Recipe Method

Peel and deveir prawns.Reserve the prawn heads and shells.
Pour chicken stock into a large deep pan.
Add prawn shells, ginger, green chillies, lemon grass, lemon rind and kaffir lime leaves.
Bring to a boil, cover, lower heat and simmer for fifteen minutes.
Strain the mixture and return the strained stock to the pan, bring to a boil again.
Add prawns and button mushrooms.
Simmer for two to three minutes, and stir in the fish sauce and lemon juice.
Add salt to taste, stir and immediately remove from heat to prevent overcooking the prawns.
Serve piping hot, garnished with fresh red chilli, coriander leaves and spring onions.
Chicken Stock:
Boil 200 grams chicken bones in water for 5 minutes.
Drain and discard water.
Boil blanched bones with a roughly chopped carrot, celery stalk and leek, 2-3 parsley stalks, 6-7 black peppercorns, 5-6 cloves, 1 bay leaf and 10 cups of water.
Remove any scum which rises to the surface and replace it with more cold water.
Simmer the stock for at least one hour.
Remove from heat, strain, cool and store in a refrigerator till further use.