Ingredients
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Method
- Bring chicken stock to a simmer. Add smashed lemongrass, galangal (or ginger) and torn kaffir lime leaves. Simmer 8 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and chili. Cook 3 minutes.
- Add prawns and cook 2 to 3 minutes until just pink.
- Take off the heat. Stir in fish sauce, sugar, lime juice and chili paste if using.
- Scatter coriander and serve. Do not boil after the lime goes in.
Shopping tip
Pasta or caldo tom yum shows up at Continente now and then. Erva-limão sometimes there. Galanga and folhas de lima kaffir: gengibre plus raspa de lima. Molho de peixe, lima, camarão congelado, cogumelos.
Where it fits in your week
Quick enough for a weeknight.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
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