THAI HOT AND SOUR CHICKEN SOUP

Thai Hot and Sour Chicken Soup image

Provided by davidlowe

Time 1h40m

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 21

4 pints boiling water
4 Chicken OXO cubes
2 tsp green curry paste
2 tsp tamarind paste
2 tsp lemon grass paste
4 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
½ cube ginger sliced thin and chopped
4 tbsp Thai chilli sauce
2 chicken breasts chopped into very small pieces ¼square
1 small tin sweetcorn (140g)
4 spring onions diagonally sliced thinly
1 large carrot sliced thinly
1 cup cut small runner beans
½ stick celery sliced thinly
4 cloves garlic sliced and chopped or 4 long squirt of garlic puree
½ - ¾ cup raw Jasmine rice (or rice noodles)
1 small deseeded red pepper diced squares
1 cup bean sprouts
2 whole eggs (beaten) to be slowly poured from above into the pre-stirred soup
Add 30 mins later add 1 tbsp arrowroot (for a clear soup) or cornflour stirred into a ½ sml cup of cold water

Steps:

Combine all the above ingredients into a large pan, bring to the boil then simmer for ½ hrs. The rice will start to form a glutinous soup the longer it is simmered.
Serve hot - with optional Light Soy Sauce and Thai Chilli Sauce swirled in and a few floating Basil leaves.
Can be refrigerated and reheated, or frozen for later consumption.