Hot Spicy Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups water
• 6 slices gingerroot
• 6 sliced garlic cloves
• 6 dried hot red chili peppers
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 8 ounces chunked catfish fillets or 8 ounces peeled and devined shrimp
• 398 ml drained and halved baby corn
• 1 cup halved button mushroom
• 2 thinly slied green onions
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 2 tablespoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 in saucepan bring chicken stock, water, gingerroot, garlic, hot peppers and sugar to boil.
• 2 reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
• 3 strain through a fine sieve and return to pot.
• 4 trim dry ends off lemongrass and peel away any tough outer leaves.
• 5 cut into 1" lengths and add to pot.
• 6 add fish, corn, mushrooms and green onions.
• 7 bring to simmer and simmer for 3 minutes or unt9il fish flakes easily.
• 8 stir in red pepper, coriander, lime rind and juice.