Sour prawn and mussel soup

Wow your guests with this stunning seafood starter.

Recipe «Sour prawn and mussel soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1.5L cold water, 2 lemongrass stems, pale section only, thinly sliced diagonally, 8cm-piece fresh galangal, peeled, thinly sliced, 5 purple eschalots, peeled, thinly sliced, 6 fresh kaffir lime leaves, centre vein removed, torn , 500g medium green prawns, peeled leaving tails intact, deveined, 500g black mussels, scrubbed, debearded, 80ml fish sauce , 125ml fresh lime juice, 2 fresh red birdseye chillies, thinly sliced, 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, coarsely chopped.

Ingredients:

• 1.5L cold water 
• 2 lemongrass stems, pale section only, thinly sliced diagonally 
• 8cm-piece fresh galangal, peeled, thinly sliced 
• 5 purple eschalots, peeled, thinly sliced 
• 6 fresh kaffir lime leaves, centre vein removed, torn 
• 500g medium green prawns, peeled leaving tails intact, deveined 
• 500g black mussels, scrubbed, debearded 
• 80ml fish sauce 
• 125ml fresh lime juice 
• 2 fresh red birdseye chillies, thinly sliced 
• 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, coarsely chopped 

Instructions

1. Place water in a large saucepan and bring to the boil over high heat. Add lemon grass, galangal, eschalot and lime leaves and cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
2. Add prawns, mussels and fish sauce and cook, covered, for a further 2 minutes or until mussels open. Remove from heat. Discard unopened mussels.
3. Add the lime juice, chilli and coriander and stir to combine. Ladle soup among serving bowls and serve immediately.