Ingredients

  • 1 red pepper, chopped into lengths
  • 3 pints chicken or vegetable stock
  • 3 teaspoons Thai green curry paste
  • 2 skinless chicken breasts (chopped into small chunks)
  • 200g raw king prawns
  • 1/2 small can of coconut cream
  • 2 handfuls of rice noodles (rice vermicelli)
  • a few stalks of pak choi or other oriental vegetable
  • black pepper to taste

Method

  • In a large soup pan heat the oil on a medium heat and saute the onion, garlic and red pepper until the onion is soft and translucent.
  • Add the chopped chicken and king prawns to the pan and cook until the chicken is sealed and the prawns begin to turn pink.
  • Add the Thai curry paste and ginger and reduce the heat.
  • Once you can smell the aromatic flavours from the curry paste add the coconut cream and stir to form a creamy, pale green mixture coating the other ingredients.
  • Pour the stock on top and stir to combine.
  • Add the chili pepper and leave to simmer for 15mins.
  • Whilst the soup is simmering cook the rice noodles in some lightly salted boiling water until they are just cooked through.
  • Rice noodles release starch as the cook so cooking them in with the main body of the dish will make your soup cloudy and stodgy.
  • Add the pak choi and simmer for another minute or two until the stalks are warmed through.
  • Evenly distribute the cooked noodles between 4 bowls and then ladle the chunky soup on top.
  • Season with black pepper to taste.