Asian-style Broth
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
35 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 3 fresh Lemongrass
- 2 Limes
- 2 ½ inches fresh ginger (finely chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic cloves (halved)
- 3 Tomatoes
- 1 small, red chili pepper (finely chopped)
- 6 young Celery
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 4 ozs short Vermicelli
- 5 cups Bean sprout
- ¼ cup Fish sauce
Preparation steps
1.
Chop the lemon grass into short lengths, split them in two and crush with a pestle and mortar.
2.
Juice one of the limes and cut the other into 4 segments.
3.
Dip the tomatoes in boiling water for 10 seconds then peel, seed and cut into 6 segments.
4.
Place the ginger, halved garlic cloves, lime segments, tomatoes, lemongrass, chill and celery leaves in a saucepan.
5.
Add the cold chicken stock; bring slowly to the boil and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.
6.
Add the vermicelli and cook over a very low heat until tender. Combine with the bean sprouts, lime juice, and fish sauce and serve up immediately in little bowls with lime wedges.
