RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute laksa recipe, prawn laksa, cheat’s noodle soup

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ cup (150g) laksa paste, preferably Por Kwan brand (see note)
• 400g good-quality coconut milk (see note)
• 3 cups (750ml) chicken stock, low sodium (see note)
• 200g dried rice vermicelli
• 20 raw prawns, peeled, deveined and tails left on
• 1 bunch baby bok choy, large stems cut in half so they’re all roughly the same size
• 8 tofu puffs, cut in half (see note)
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• juice of ½ lime or more to taste, plus extra wedges for serving
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 1 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves
• 1 or 2 red bird’s eye chillies, finely sliced (optional)
• 2 tbsp crispy fried shallots (see note, optional)