Thai Hot Noodle and Vegetable Broth

A quick delicious supper for 2.

Here’s a recipe for a hot, sharp, flavourful, fresh vegetable and noodle broth with Thai flavours.

The broth is flavoured initially with a chilli and garlic paste…and miso is added at the end to give it real depth.

Can be easily adapted to different vegetables, noodles or rice….

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THAI HOT NOODLE AND VEGETABLE BROTH

ample for 2

Ingredients:

Paste:

• 3-5 hot red chillies
• 1/2 sweet red pepper
• 6 garlic cloves
• 3 tsps. galangal paste (or thai green curry paste)
• 1/2 red onion
• 2 tsps. sugar or 1.5 tsps. agave syrup
• 100ml. water

Broth:

• 2 tbs. oil e.g. sesame oil
• 800 ml. – 1 litre water
• 1 stalk of lemon grass
• approx. 200gms. pak choi
• approx. 100gms. sugar snap peas
• approx. 100gms. spring onions
• approx. 150gms. carrots
• approx. 100gms. mushrooms
• 150gms. noodles of your choice (I used pre-cooked rice noodles for convenience)
• 1/2 tsp. chilli powder (optional)
• 3 tbs. tamari or soy sauce
• juice 1 lime
• 20gms. of a dark hearty miso + 50 ml. water

Method:

• Place the paste ingredients (chillies, sweet pepper, garlic, onion, galangal, sweetener and water) in a blender and blend until smooth.
• Wash, trim and chop pak choi.
• Wash and trim sugar snap peas.  De-string if necessary.
• Wash, trim and slice spring onions.
• Wash, peel and slice carrots.
• Trim and slice mushrooms.
• Cook’s note: all the vegetables should be reasonably chunky, and evenly sliced…
• If noodles need pre-cooking – follow packet instructions.
• Combine miso with 50ml. water to form a smooth paste.

• In a wok, on a stand over a high heat, add 2 tbs. sesame oil.
• When hot, add the chilli paste and sauté for 3 mins. until fragrant.
• Add stalk of lemon grass.
• Add chilli powder if using (this depends on how much heat you prefer).
• Add 800ml. of water.  Add up to 200ml. more as necessary during cooking.
• Bring to simmering point.
• Add sliced carrots.  Simmer 5 -7 mins.
• Add sugar snap peas and sliced mushrooms.  Simmer 3 mins.
• Add noodles.  Simmer 2 mins.
• Add pak choi.  Simmer 1 min.
• Add spring onions.  Simmer 1 min.
• Remove lemon grass stalk.
• Add 3 tbs. tamari.
• Add miso paste and stir in to combine and warm through.  Avoid boiling the miso as it can destroy the enzymes present.
• Add juice 1 lime.
• Taste.  Adjust flavours:  a little more tamari or chilli or lime juice or sweetness?

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Serve immediately.

Enjoy.

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Peace

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