Ingredients

• 75g/3oz frozen raw king prawns
• 300ml/10½fl oz vegetable stock
• made with ½ stock cube
• 1 spring onion
• chopped
• 1 red chilli
• finely sliced
• 4 button mushrooms
• thinly sliced
• ½ lime
• juice only
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp brown sugar (demarara is good)
• small bunch coriander
• leaves picked

Directions

• Soak the frozen prawns in a deep bowl of cold water to defrost for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile
• place the stock in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the chilli
• mushrooms
• lime juice
• fish sauce
• sugar and the white parts of the spring onion. Bring back to the boil
• then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute.
• Drain the prawns and add to the stock. Simmer for another 2 minutes
• until the prawns turn pink and are cooked all the way through.
• Pour the soup into a deep bowl and stir in the green parts of the spring onion and the coriander leaves.