Lobster and coconut soup with ginger
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| Lobster and coconut soup with ginger | |
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| Servings: | Serves 2 as a main course or 4 as a starter |
| Ready in: | 15 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 5 minutes |
| Cook time: | 10 minutes |
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One of Delia's cheats that turns a good soup into a brilliant one. Lobster bisque is an excellent cheat for using as a strong seafood stock; adding coconut milk to it is genius
Ingredients
Ingredients
Printable 🖨 shopping 🛒 list & 👩🍳 method for this recipe
- 415 g can of quality lobster bisque soup. Baxters is probably the best, but most supermarket 'own-brands' are as good.
- Half of a 415g can of coconut milk - freeze the other half for next time
- 1 tablespoon of very lazy ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Grated zest from half a lime
- Handful of chopped coriander leaves
Method
- Heat the soup, coconut milk and the ginger in a large pan
- Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes
- Just before serving, stir in the lime and the fish sauce
- Garnish with coriander and serve
Serving suggestions
Serve with crusty bread
Variations
Add a handful of prawns at the last minute to make this a really special meal.