Daikon radish and prawn soup
35 minutes
This tasty soup is made of fresh prawns and daikon radish. The prawn heads help make the special taste.
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Ingredients
Serves: 2
- 300g prawns with heads
- 200g daikon radishes
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 spring onion, only the white portion, cut it into 3cm length
- 3 large slices ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 300ml chicken stock
- 300ml water
- a good pinch pepper
- MSG to taste
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:35min
- Peel the skin of daikon radishes and cut into long thin strips. Bring about 600ml water to boil; add the dakon radishes to cook for 2 minutes, drain, set aside.
- Cut the heads from the prawns, and rinse the heads. Deshell and devein the prawns, rinse, set aside.
- Heat the wok over high heat, add vegetable oil, ginger and spring onion, stir fry for 1 minute. Add the daikon, stir fry for 1 minute. Add chicken stock, 300 ml water, salt and white pepper, cook for 5 minutes. Add prawn heads and cook for 5 minutes, add the prawns; cook for 2 more minutes then add MSG to taste (if using).
- Remove the prawn heads and ginger from the soup before serving.
