Recipe Coconut Seafood Soup

THAI COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add prawns and sear both sides until light golden (doesn't need to cook inside). Remove onto plate.
• Turn heat down to medium. If pot is looking dry, add a touch of extra oil.
• Add garlic, ginger and lemongrass. Saute for 20 seconds until garlic is golden.
• Add sugar and fish sauce. Stir and cook for 30 seconds - it should look like caramel.
• Add chilli paste, coriander and curry powder. Stir and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add chicken broth and coconut milk. Stir and bring to simmer.
• Simmer for 2 minutes, then add lime zest and return prawns into broth.
• Cook for 2 minutes just to reheat and finish cooking the prawns.

COCONUT SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large (3-quart) saucepan over medium-low heat. Add ginger, garlic, and pepper flakes; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add carrots, coconut milk, and 3 cups water. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water until smooth; add to pot. Bring to a boil.
• Break pasta in half; add to pot. Return to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until pasta is al dente and carrots are just tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add shrimp; stir until opaque, about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat, and stir in lime juice; season with salt. Ladle into serving bowls, and garnish with scallions.

THE BEST THAI COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the ginger, lemongrass, and curry paste in the heated oil for 1 minute. Slowly pour the chicken broth over the mixture, stirring continually. Stir in the fish sauce and brown sugar; simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp; cook until no longer translucent about 5 minutes. Stir in the lime juice; season with salt; garnish with cilantro.

HONDURAN COCONUT SEAFOOD SOUP (SOPA CATRATCHA DE MARISCOS CON UN

Steps:

• Clean crabs front and back (take off hair and cut the tips of the legs). (Don't forget!) to whack the crabs really hard with a rock or hammer before you put them in the pot (so that they can soak up the flavor more).
• Put crabs in large stock pot with the margarine.
• Add green peppers, tomatoes, and onions, one cube of chicken bullion, cilantro, parsley, and some spices all over low heat.
• Mix and move the crabs.
• Next, put some hot water (about one-third to one-half the size of your pot) and some salt. Keep mixing.
• Add the shrimp bullion, another cube of chicken bullion, and the Worcestershire Sauce. Put the achiote powder in for color.
• Peel and cut the chayotes into slices and then 6 times into chunks. Don't forget to take the seed out of the middle. Add the chayotes to soup.
• Peel and cut into round pieces the three yuccas (you have to cut the hairy and red part, and then peel it until you completely remove the casing.) Add to the soup.
• Wash the plantain skins, then cut the plantains into 5 chunks each. (You can add the plantains with the skin on or removed.) Add to the soup.
• Let boil until vegetables cooked. When pataste ready add fish and shrimp.
• Add coconut milk, sugar and conch (If you have it!).
• Finally, allow the soup to simmer for at least 20 minutes. My friend always told me that after adding the coconut milk to not to look at the soup until you serve it. You can serve it with lime, avocado, rice. Enjoy with tortillas.

THAI SEAFOOD COCONUT CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine fish stock, lemongrass, ginger, 1/2 of the garlic, 2 tablespoons fish sauce, and black pepper in a large soup pot. Boil over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat sesame oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add onion and remaining garlic. Saute until onion is softened, about 3 minutes, taking care to not burn the garlic. Add green curry paste; saute for 1 minute. Add shrimp and mussels and saute until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add seafood mixture to broth in the large pot. Simmer together for 10 minutes, then add coconut milk and sugar. Stir in lemon juice and cilantro. Taste and add more fish sauce if you desire.

COCONUT SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 3 qrt saucepan over medium-low heat. when the oil is hot, add ginger, garlic, and pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute, stirring continually. Add carrots, coconut milk and 3 cups water.
• Mix cornstarch and 2 tbsp water in a small bowl until smooth, and add to the pot. Bring the liquid to a boil.
• Break pasta in half and add to the pot. Return the liquid to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until pasta is al dente and carrots are tender (about 4 - 5 minutes).
• Add shrimp to the pot, and stir until the shrimp is opaque (about a minute). Remove pot from the heat, and stir in lime juice and salt.
• Garnish individual servings with scallions.