Tom kha (Thai coconut soup) • SA Pork

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 500 g pork fillet, cut into thin strips
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 shallots, sliced
• 1 red chilli, roughly chopped
• 1 knob fresh ginger, sliced
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised and roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 2 cups water
• 1 tin coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• Juice of ½ lime (or more to taste)
• 200 g shiitake mushrooms
• 200 g baby pak choi, halved
• 170 g dry egg noodles