Foryoueats: Khao Soi (Chiang Mai Noodle Soup)

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ quantity of spice paste (recipe below) or 4 tbsp Thai red curry paste
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 6 cups coconut milk
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp finely shaved palm sugar
• 800g (1.76 lb) cooked egg noodles
• 600g (1.3 lb) chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
• ¼ cup roughly chopped coriander (cilantro)
• lime wedges, to serve
• 2 red Asian shallots, cut into small wedges, to serve
• chilli paste or sambal oelek, to serve (optional)
• 4 tbsp finely chopped Chinese pickled mustard greens, to serve (optional)
• Spice paste:
• 10 dried long red chillies
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 lemongrass stalk, white part bruised and finely chopped
• 4cm (1.57 inch) piece of galangal, peeled, roughly chopped
• 3 Asian red shallots, peeled, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 makrut lime leaves, de-stemmed, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• Crispy wonton noodles
• vegetable oil for deep frying
• 16 wonton wrappers, sliced into 3mm wide strips