Hot and sour prawn soup

Gordon Ramsay recipes Hot and sour prawn soup recipe

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Date Published:
12/05/2008

Gordon puts some heat into this flavoursome oriental soup recipe from Cookalong Live

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 800ml chicken stock
  • 1-2 large red chillies
  • 3cm piece of ginger, peeled
  • 2 lemongrass stalks
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce, to taste
  • 3-4 tbsp lime juice, to taste
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 100g shiitake mushrooms, chopped
  • 250g raw prawns, shelled and de-veined
  • Small bunch of coriander

Method: How to make hot and sour prawn soup

1. Put the stock in a pot and bring to a simmer. Slice the chillies in half lengthways, roughly chop the ginger and lemongrass and add them all to the stock with the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and season with black pepper. Simmer for a few minutes until the stock is fragrant.

2. Strain the stock into a large jug and add back to the pan. Add the mushrooms and prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the prawns are cooked. Taste and adjust the seasoning of the broth.

3. Chop the coriander and stir through. Ladle the soup into warm bowls to serve.


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  1. Gordon is the most fantastic chef to watch irrespective of which of his programmes it is. His recipes are really done from the heart and his love for attention and detail in food shows the innerman, turning out creative delicious food.
    Posted by DON V. on 14/08/2009 13:48:50
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  2. My husband loved this soup! I found the prawns stayed more plump if I put them raw in the soup bowl then poured the boiling stock over them. They were cooked by the time the bowl got to the table :)
    Posted by Shazbaht on 15/06/2009 11:56:16
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  3. Good stuff.
    Posted by Chris on 18/03/2009 00:42:22
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  4. Wow wee wot a soup. It is fandaba dosi.
    Posted by Jl1b3n on 04/12/2008 21:28:57
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  5. im a army chef and would to be on the show gordon is great would love to cook with him .
    Posted by nick jackson on 03/12/2008 13:50:30
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  6. Cooked to soup as a starter for dinner this evening, it was the best soup my husband has ever tasted and he has eaten many times in Hospital Road. Many thanks Mr Ramsey for the recipe
    Posted by Cate on 29/11/2008 19:16:58
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