🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Prawn Noodle Soup

Name: Prawn Noodle Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 cm piece Ginger; 1/4 cup Fresh Cilantro; 3, sliced Spring Onions; 1 Lime; 2 tbsp Fish Sauce; 250 g Rice Noodles; 300 g Prawns; 5 cups Chicken Broth

🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Clear aromatic broth with springy rice noodles, plump prawns and fresh herbs — light, fragrant, and weeknight-fast.

Prep 15 min Cook 25 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic3 cloves
Ginger2 cm piece
Fresh Cilantro1/4 cup
Spring Onions3, sliced
Lime1
Fish Sauce2 tbsp
Rice Noodles250 g
Prawns300 g
Chicken Broth5 cups

Optional extras

Green Chili1, sliced
Sugar1/2 tsp
Bean Sprouts1 cup

Instructions

1
Simmer chicken broth with ginger, garlic, fish sauce and a pinch of sugar.
2
Cook rice noodles; divide into bowls.
3
Poach prawns in the broth 2–3 minutes until pink.
4
Ladle broth and prawns over noodles.
5
Top with spring onions, cilantro, chili and a squeeze of lime.

Chef's tip

Pull prawns the second they turn pink — another minute and they go rubbery.

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