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Thai-Style Hot & Sour Chicken Broth
Warm your tummy and awaken your taste buds with this Thai-style soup. Free-range chicken thighs simmered in a broth of red curry paste, ginger, and lemongrass. Served with fibre-rich brown rice. Comfort in liquid form.
Prep in 10
High protein
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 unwaxed lime
- 80g brown rice (brown rice (100%))
- 120g mixed cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp red Thai curry paste (Cereals Containing Gluten) (red chilli, lemongrass, water, garlic, ginger, onions, rapeseed oil, salt, lime juice, lime leaf, cornflour, ground coriander, ground cumin, cayenne pepper)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 300g British Free Range chicken thighs
- 2 tsp lemongrass purée (lemongrass, water, acidity regulator: citric acid, cornflour)
- 2cm fresh ginger
- 60g chestnut mushrooms
- 25g honey
- 1 shallot
- 1 chicken stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 80g green beans
Nutritional Information
Calories: 545
Protein: 37g
Carbs: 47g
Fat: 23g
Ingredients
- 2 tsp lemongrass purée (lemongrass, water, acidity regulator: citric acid, cornflour)
- 1 chicken stock cube (use a quarter) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 1 unwaxed lime (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 2 tbsp red Thai curry paste (use half) (Cereals Containing Gluten) (red chilli, lemongrass, water, garlic, ginger, onions, rapeseed oil, salt, lime juice, lime leaf, cornflour, ground coriander, ground cumin, cayenne pepper)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 120g shiitake mushrooms (use half)
- 80g brown rice (use half) (brown rice (100%))
- 80g green beans (use half)
- 4cm fresh ginger (use a quarter)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 150g British Free Range chicken thighs
- 1 shallot (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 493
Protein: 38g
Carbs: 48g
Fat: 16g
Thai-Style Hot & Sour Chicken Broth
Warm your tummy and awaken your taste buds with this Thai-style soup. Free-range chicken thighs simmered in a broth of red curry paste, ginger, and lemongrass. Served with fibre-rich brown rice. Comfort in liquid form.
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Cooking Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the rice and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain. Dissolve the stock cube in a jug with 600ml hot water (400ml for 1 person).
- Quarter the shallots lengthways. Thinly slice the ginger into discs. Quarter the mushrooms. Zest and halve the lime. Finely chop the coriander
- Heat a large saucepan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Add the shallots, ginger, lemongrass paste, curry paste, honey and lime zest. Cook for 2-3 mins, stirring regularly, then add the stock, mushrooms and whole tomatoes. Simmer for 10 mins.
- Trim the green beans and cut into thirds. On a separate board, cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Add the green beans and chicken to the broth and simmer for 10-12 mins, until the chicken is cooked through. Season with sea salt and black pepper.
- Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear. Cook for longer if necessary. Stir the coriander and juice from half the lime through the broth. Remove the ginger (optional).
- Serve the rice in bowls and ladle over the broth. Garnish with remaining lime, cut into wedges.
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