Thai Smoked Haddock Noodle Soup

Name: Thai Smoked Haddock Noodle Soup
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 red peppers, finely sliced; 1 fish stock cube, crumbled; 4 lime leaves; 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste (or more if you like it hot); 4 small smoked haddock fillets; 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped; 1 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 3 spring onions, sliced; 1 lemongrass stalk (give it a bash with the blunt end of your knife); a glug of soy sauce; 1 x 400 ml tin coconut milk; a glug of fish sauce; 1 cm fresh ginger, peeled and grated; 2 white onions, chopped; small handful of fresh coriander, chopped; 1 lime, cut in half; black pepper; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 150 g rice noodles

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Seafood Shack

By Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick

Published 2020

About

This is a great soup, light and fresh from the lemongrass but really substantial and filling as well. It goes perfectly with some toasted pitta.

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil
2 white onions, chopped
2 <

Asia
Thailand
Pescatarian
Soup
South East Asia
Spicy

Method

Put your pan on a medium heat and add the oil, onions, red pepper, garlic, ginger, chilli, red Thai paste and tomato purée, then turn the heat to low and cook until the onions have softened, around 10-15 minutes. Crumble in the fish stock cube and add the lime leaves, lemongrass, lime halves, fish sauce, soy sauce and most of the spring onions (leave some for a garnish). Give it a hefty grind o