Spicy Noodle Soup with Shrimp & Coconut Milk

Name: Spicy Noodle Soup with Shrimp & Coconut Milk
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 fresh chile (serrano, jalapeÃ±o, or Thai), stemmed and sliced into thin rounds (optional); 397 grams can coconut milk Â; 1 Tb 1Â freshly ground coriander seeds; 1 teaspoon freshly ground cumin seeds; 59 milliliters fish sauce; 118 milliliters fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped or torn; 118 milliliters fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped or torn; 5 cloves garlic, crushed; 28 grams 2-inch piece fresh ginger (about , peeled and sliced into disksÂ Â Â Â Â; 1 teaspoons ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 stalks lemongrass, trimmed and roughly sliced; 2 teaspoons light brown sugar; 59 milliliters fresh lime juice; 4 lime wedges; 473 milliliters homemade or low-salt canned chicken broth; 237 milliliters mung bean sprouts, rinsed and dried; 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 170 grams wide rice noodles; 2 to 3 fresh serrano chiles, stemmed and roughly chopped; 4 servings Shells from the shrimp for the soup; 31 1Â lb. shrimp per lb.), shells removed and reserved; deveined; 1 Tb 2Â peanut or vegetable oil; 710 milliliters water; 0 English (seedless) cucumberÂ Â

Spicy Noodle Soup with Shrimp & Coconut Milk might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 535 calories, 19g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. A mixture of to 3 serrano chiles, cilantro leaves, fish sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert.

Instructions

Put the onion, ginger, garlic, chile, lemongrass, coriander, cumin, turmeric, fish sauce, and brown sugar in a food processor. Pure to make a paste, scraping down the sides as needed.

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Brown Sugar

Fish Sauce

Lemon Grass

Coriander

Turmeric

Garlic

Ginger

Chili Pepper

Cumin

Onion

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Food Processor

Heat the oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until hot but not smoking.

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Soup

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add the paste mixture and saut, stirring often, until it softens, becomes very aromatic, and deepens in color, about 8 minutes. Stir in the shrimp shells and cook until they turn pink, about 2 minutes.

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Pasta Shells

Shrimp

Add the chicken broth, water, coconut milk, lime juice, and salt and bring to a boil. Lower the heat so that the broth simmers gently for 30 minutes. Strain the broth through a fine sieve and discard the solids. Clean the pot; return the broth to the pot, season with salt to taste, and return to a simmer.

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Broth

Coconut Milk

Lime Juice

Water

Salt

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Sieve

Pot

While the soup base is simmering: Bring a large pot of water to a boil and then remove from the heat.

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Water

Soup

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Pot

Put the rice noodles in the water and let sit until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Rice Noodles

Water

Drain, rinse, and distribute among four large, shallow soup bowls. Slice the cucumber into 1/4-inch rounds, stack the rounds, and slice into thin matchsticks.

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Cucumber

Soup

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Bowl

Put the cucumber sticks in a medium bowl and toss with the bean sprouts, sliced chiles (if using), and herbs. Just before serving, add the shrimp to the broth and gently simmer until theyre just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Ladle the hot soup over the noodles. Arrange a mound of the cucumber and bean sprout mixture in the center of the bowl, top with a lime wedge, and serve immediately.

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Bean Sprouts