Name: Hot & sour broth with prawns
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 tbsp rice vinegar or white wine vinegar; 500ml chicken stock; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1-2 tbsp golden caster sugar; thumb-size piece ginger peeled and thinly sliced; 2 small hot red chillies thinly sliced; 3 spring onions thinly sliced; 300g small raw peeled prawns from a sustainable source

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Hot & sour broth with prawns

Hot & sour broth with prawns

Lulu Grimes

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 5 mins

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.39 ratingsRate

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This healthy starter takes just 15 minutes to make and is a cleansing way to kick off a Chinese meal

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Ingredients

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3 tbsp rice vinegar

or white wine vinegar
500ml chicken stock
1 tbsp soy sauce
1-2 tbsp golden caster sugar
thumb-size piece ginger

peeled and thinly sliced
2 small hot red chillies

thinly sliced
3 spring onions

thinly sliced
300g small raw peeled prawns

from a sustainable source

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal93
fat1g
saturates0g
carbs5g
sugars5g
fibre0g
protein17g
salt1.39g

low

Method

step 1

Put the vinegar, stock, soy sauce, sugar (start with 1 tbsp and add the second at the end if you want the soup sweeter), ginger, chillies and spring onions in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook for 1 min, then add the prawns to heat through. Serve in small bowls or cups.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010

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