Recipe: Red curry dumpling soup

Add your own choice of vegetables to turn this quick soup into a filling meal. Photo / Fresh Media

If you’ve ever ventured onto TikTok, you’ve probably seen a version of this recipe. Comforting, flavourful, and super-quick, it’s an easy one to amp up with extra vegetables to put your own twist on it.

Red curry dumpling soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 Tbsp red curry paste

3 cups chicken stock

1 400g can of coconut cream

2 Tbsp sweet chilli sauce

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 cup bok choy, chopped

1 cup button mushrooms, halved

300g frozen prawn dim sum

2 spring onions, sliced

Juice of ½ a lime

Method

1. Heat the oil in a deep pan and add the red curry paste. Sizzle it for a minute or two to bring out the flavour.
2. Add the coconut milk, chicken stock, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce (a ginger sweet chilli sauce is also delicious in this recipe) with the mushrooms and bok choy stalks. Bring to the boil and then add the frozen dumplings. Simmer for 8-10 minutes until tender and heated all the way through. Stir in the green bok choy leaves
3. Remove from the heat, stir in the lime juice and spring onion, and serve.

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