Spicy Prawn Noodle Soup

• 100 ml oil
• 3 spring onions, chopped
• THE PRAWNS
• 500 g tiger shrimp, shelled & deveined
• 50 ml dark soy sauce
• 3 teaspoons cornflour
• SOUP PASTE
• 100 ml Thai fish sauce
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped or
• 1 tablespoon garlic puree
• 2 teaspoons parsley, chopped
• 1 -2 chili, chopped or
• 1 -2 teaspoon chili paste
• 1 lime, juice of
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• half teaspoon five-spice powder
• THE REST
• 1 liter water or 1 liter fish stock, add gradually to achieve desired consistency
• 1 big handful bean sprouts
• cooked noodles

1. Coat the prawns in the soy sauce and mix in the cornflour.
2. Put the oil in a pan, not too hot. Add the spring onions and start to cook. Add the coated prawns after 1 minute.
3. Mix the soup 'goo' ingredients to make a thick paste, then add to the pan. After a minute, add the water gradually until you have a soup consistency that suits you (bearing in mind that you'll be adding noodles and beansprouts shortly).
4. Add the beansprouts and noodles and cook for a couple of minutes until the beansprouts are cooked but still slightly crunchy.
5. Serve with hunks of bread to soak up the garlicky, spicy liquid and to mop up the bowl!

oil, spring onions, prawns, soy sauce, cornflour, fish sauce, garlic, garlic puree, parsley, chili, chili paste, lime, turmeric powder, fivespice powder, water, handful bean sprouts, noodles

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spicy-prawn-noodle-soup-419953 (may not work)