Udon Noodles In Tom Yum Soup Recipe

• 400g mixed seafood (we used squid, salmon, shrimp and mussels.)
• 300g of udon noodles
  
• 650ml water
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 6 slices of galangal
  
• 1 sliced lemongrass
  
• 6 kaffir lime leaves
  
• 4 shallots
• 1 tbsp coriander stalks
• 2 tbsp chilli paste
  
• 4 tbsp fish sauce
  
• 4 tbsp lime juice
  
• 4 tbsp evaporated milk
  
• 2 red bird eye chillies
• 4 white mushrooms cut into quarters
• 1 tomato cut into quarters
• spring onion and coriander for garnishing

Special Cooking Equipment Used

• mortar and pestle
  

Cooking instructions

Step 1:  Add 2 red bird eye chillies and 1 tbsp of coriander stalks to a mortar and pestle, and briefly crush them until the chillies break open. Then add 4 shallots and crush until the shallots have broken open.

Step 2: Now we will prepare the noodles. As we are not using dried noodles, we only need to cook them long enough to heat them up. Add 300g of udon noodles to a pan of boiling water and cook for a couple of minutes until they are hot. Drain the noodles and set aside in a bowl.

Step 3: Next we need to make the soup. Boil about 650ml of water in a pan, and then dissolve 1 chicken stock cube in the water. Once dissolved, add to the pot 1 sliced lemongrass, 6 slices of galangal, the ingredients we lightly crushed in our mortar and pestle earlier, and 1 tomato cut into quarters. Give everything a good stir and allow the soup to boil for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 4: Now add 2 tbsp of tom yum style chilli paste, and stir the soup until the chilli paste has dissolved.

Step 5: Now add 6 lime leaves, tearing the leaves up first, 4 tbsp of fish sauce and 4 tbsp of lime juice. Stir and let the soup simmer for about 2 minutes.

Step 6: Now add the mixed seafood, and gently stir. Let the seafood cook for a couple of minutes, then add 4 white mushrooms which have been cut into quarters. Stir and let the soup cook for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 7: Finally, add 4tbsp of evaporated milk, stir, and cook the soup for a final 5 minutes, ensuring that all of the seafood is cooked.

Step 8: Now you are ready to serve. Simply spoon the seafood and soup onto the udon noodles that we cooked earlier, garnish with some spring onion and coriander, and enjoy!