Quick Prawn Noodle Soup Recipes

QUICK PRAWN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the noodles until al dente, then drain. Put the stock in a pan with the fish sauce, lime juice, star anise and pinch of sugar. Bring to the boil and add the noodles and prawns. Warm through, then pour into a bowl and serve topped with the mint, coriander and chilli.

SHRIMP NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat cook onion, garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper in oil for 2 minutes. Pour in broth, carrots, and celery and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in snow peas and shrimp, cover, and cook for 3 minutes. Break noodles into 2-inch pieces and stir into soup; cover and cook 3 minutes more, until vegetables are tender and shrimp is pink. Stir in soy sauce and pepper and serve.

HAWKER AT HOME: MAKE YOUR OWN PRAWN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Make prawn stock. Heat oil in a pot. Add garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add in the prawn shells and head, brown sugar and sauté until they are fragrant and the colour changes to orange. Add water and bring to a boil. Let it simmer for 20 minutes. Strain the stock and discard the shells.
• Make soup base. Pour the prawn stock into another clean pot. Bring it to a boil. Add the blanched pork ribs, star anise, cloves, white peppercorns, rock sugar, fish sauce, salt. Bring to boil and let it simmer for 1 ½ hours or until the ribs are tender but not falling apart. Once the soup base is done cooking, taste and add more salt, sugar and pepper if needed. Add the dark soya sauce for colour if needed.
• Blanch the prawns and lean pork. Blanch the prawns you will be serving with the noodles briefly in the soup base until they turn pink and cook through. Remove and set aside. Using the boiling soup base, blanch the pork loin till cooked. Remove and cut the pork loin into thin slices.
• Serve. Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Then portion out the noodles, bean sprouts and kangkong and blanch them. Transfer into serving bowls. Top with prawns, pork slices.