Spicy Noodle Soup Recipe - Details, Calories, Nutrition Information

Ingredients

• 11/2 tsp blacan (shrimp paste)
• 2 thick or 3 thin stalks fresh lemongrass
• 11/2 tbsp chopped peeled fresh or frozen galangal
• 1 tbsp chopped peeled fresh ginger
• 1 tbsp chopped peeled fresh or frozen turmeric
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 fresh hot red chiles (such as thai or serrano), seeded if desired and chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 5 candlenuts (do not eat raw) or macadamia nuts, chopped
• 2 tbsp water
• 6 fried bean-curd puffs
• 2 chicken breast halves with skin and bones
• 31/2 cups chicken stock (preferably homemade )
• 6 oz fresh bean sprouts (21/2 cups), threadlike tails discarded
• 1/2 cup olive or vegetable oil
• 14-oz can well-shaken unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 lb medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1 lb fresh round (not flat) rice noodles
• garnish: fresh cilantro sprigs