Fragrant Chicken Laksa

Ingredients

• 200g thin noodles or pasta
• 185g laksa paste (fresh is best but some of the jars are pretty good too)
• 1/2 red or brown onion, quartered, thinly sliced
• 500ml Chicken stock (again homemade is best)
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, whole or torn
• 2 cups diced free range chicken
• 165ml can coconut cream
• 1/2 cup beansprouts, trimmed (or use the roots and stems of the coriander bunch instead)
• 1 small red chilli, thinly sliced – optional
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved crossways, cut into thin matchsticks
• 1/4 small pineapple, peeled, thinly sliced, cut into thin matchsticks (or used some tinned)
• Fresh coriander leaves and lime halves, to serve