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Asian Shrimp Soup
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Asian Shrimp Soup

A fragrant Asian soup with shrimp and rice noodles in a base of coconut milk and fresh ginger

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Asian👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Heat the oil in a pot and fry the garlic and ginger in it 2 minutes, until fragrant.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStovePot
  2. 2
    Add the peppers and fry 2 minutes, stirring.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add the coconut milk, stock and fish sauce and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Add the shrimp and cook 3–4 minutes, until the shrimp turn pink.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Sharpen the stock with the lime juice.
  6. 6
    Cook the noodles in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
    💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
  7. 7
    Drain.
    Colander
  8. 8
    Divide the noodles among the bowls and pour the boiling soup over them.
    Ladle
  9. 9
    Sprinkle the green onion and cilantro on top.
627calories
33 gprotein
50 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 32%● fat 47%

Per serving (499 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)

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