Mungbean Noodle Soup Recipe

Mungbean Noodle Soup Recipe

(Kaeng Joet Wun Sen Recipe)

Ingredients: Serves 4

1 cup mungbean noodles, soaked and cut into short lengths

50g ear mushroom or champignon

1 cup chopped or finely sliced pork

5 small prawns

1 teaspoon finely sliced coriander root

¼ teaspoon pepper

5 cloves garlic

2 scallions

3½ cups soup stock

3 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla) or light soy sauce

2 tablespoons cooking oil

 

Method:

Pound the coriander root, pepper and garlic well in a mortar.  Heat the oil in a wok.  When hot, fry the garlic mixture until fragrant.  Add the pork, prawns and some fish sauce, along with ½ cup of the stock, the noodles, and the mushrooms.  Continue frying for about 5 minutes and then transfer the contents of the wok to a pot, add the remaining soup stock, heat to boiling, and add fish sauce to taste.  Remove from the heat, garnish with scallions and serve.

 

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