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Ginger Shrimp Soup with Bok Choy and Noodles

A clear, gingery broth full of tender shrimp, silky rice noodles, crisp bok choy and sweet mushrooms, brightened with lime and green onion.

Ginger Shrimp Soup with Bok Choy and Noodles

Ingredients

  • 4 cups880 gVegetable broth
  • 2 cups480 gWater
  • 1 lb450 gShrimp
  • 5 oz140 gRice noodles, dry
  • 3½ cups shredded250 gBok choysliced, stems and leaves kept separate
  • 2¾ cups sliced200 gWhite mushroomssliced
  • 2 medium120 gCarrotsthinly sliced into coins
  • 1⅔ cups100 gSnow peashalved
  • 3 medium45 gGreen onionssliced, whites and greens kept separate
  • 3½ tbsp grated20 gFresh gingerpeeled and finely grated
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1 tbsp14 gCanola oil
  • 2 tbsp30 gLow-sodium soy sauce
  • 1¼ tsp8 gFish sauce
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gToasted sesame oil
  • ⅔ cup chopped10 gFresh cilantrochopped
  • ½ tsp1 gCrushed red pepper

Steps

  1. Prepare all vegetables first: slice the bok choy, keeping stems and leaves apart; slice the mushrooms; slice the carrot; halve the snow peas; slice the green onion, keeping whites and greens apart; grate the ginger; mince the garlic; chop the cilantro.
  2. Heat the canola oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and cook 5 minutes until browned.
  3. Add the green onion whites, the ginger and the garlic and cook 1 minute until fragrant.
  4. Pour in the vegetable broth and the water, add the carrot and the low-sodium soy sauce, and bring to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes.
  5. Add the rice noodles and the bok choy stems and simmer 3 minutes.
  6. Add the shrimp and the snow peas and simmer 2 to 3 minutes, until the shrimp are pink and opaque and reach 145°F (63°C).
  7. Stir in the bok choy leaves and cook 1 minute until just wilted. Remove from the heat.
  8. Stir in the fish sauce, the lime juice and the toasted sesame oil.
  9. Ladle into 4 bowls and top with the green onion greens, the cilantro and the red pepper flakes.

Contains: Fish, Shellfish, Gluten, Soy, Sesame.

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