Five-spice soup

Low Fat Recipes Five-spiced shredded vegetable and prawn soup recipe

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Date Published:
14/05/2009

Soups are fantastic for filling you up, though they should be tasty and full of interesting textures - like this one!

Serves 4

Nutritional Information

Per serving:
128kcals
2g fat (of which 0.5g is saturated)


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Ingredients

  • Low fat cooking spray
  • 1 bunch spring onions, shredded
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 carrot, sliced into thin strips
  • 75g fine green beans, halved
  • 75g mangetout or sugar snap peas, halved
  • 1 red or green chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 75g dried udon noodles
  • 2 heads pak choi or ½ head Chinese leaves, shredded
  • 200g cooked peeled prawns, thawed if frozen
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Snipped fresh chives, to garnish

Step 1

Five-spice soup step 1

Mist a wok or large saucepan with low fat cooking spray and stir-fry the spring onions and garlic for 1-2 minutes.

Step 2

Five-spice soup step 2

Add the carrot, green beans, mangetout or sugar snaps and chilli. Stir and cook for another 2 minutes.

Step 3

Five-spice soup step 3

Pour in the stock and add the Chinese five-spice powder. Bring up to the boil, then reduce the heat.

Step 4

Five-spice soup step 4

Add the noodles and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 5

Five-spice soup step 5

Finally, add the pak choi and prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes. Check the seasoning, adding salt and pepper if needed. Serve, garnished with snipped fresh chives.

Cook's tip:

Five spice soup tip

Take a portion of this soup to work for your packed lunch to re-heat in the microwave, transporting it in a plastic box with a tight-fitting lid. Alternatively, take it in a wide-necked flask.

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