Hot & sour broth with prawns
By Lulu Grimes
This healthy starter takes just 15 minutes to make and is a cleansing way to kick off a Chinese meal
- Prep:10 mins
Cook:5 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 93
- fat 1g
- saturates 0g
- carbs 5g
- sugars 5g
- fibre 0g
- protein 17g
- salt 1.39g
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
Method
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.