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Chicken Laksa

Here's how you make Chicken Laksa
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 5m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 200 grams dried rice noodles (stick noodles)
  • 2 teaspoons oil (vegetable or peanut oil)
  • 1/2 cup laksa paste
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 800 ml light coconut milk (2 x 400ml each)
  • 3 cups water, boiling
  • 2 large (20 grams) low-sodium chicken bouillon cubes (2 x 10 grams each cube)
  • 300 grams boneless skinless chicken breasts (sliced thinly)
  • 1 bunch bok choy (leaves separated and roughly chopped)
  • 200 grams snow peas (trimmed and sliced lengthways)
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 124 grams bean sprouts (1 cup, trimmed)
  • 4 green onions, sliced diagonally
  • 1/4 cup mint leaves
  • 1/4 cup Thai basil leaves
  • 1 red chilli (fresh long, thinly sliced - optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Place noodles in a large heatproof boil and cover with boiling water, stand for 5 minutes and then stir with a fork to separate strands and then drain.

  • Step 2: Meanwhile, heat a wok over high heat and add oil, swirling to coat surface and then stir-fry laksa paste and garlic for 30 seconds or until fragrant and then add coconut milk, the water and crumbled stock cubes and bring to a simmer and then add chicken, buk choy and snow peas to soup and simmer, stirring occasionally for 3 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

  • Step 3: Remove from heat and stir through fish sauce.

  • Step 4: Place noodles in serving bowls and ladle soup over and top with bean sprouts, green onion, mint and basil and serve with chilli (if using


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