A delicious noodle dish from “Jamie’s Dinners” by Jamie Oliver. You can use other fish ( about 400g) like sliced salmon or cod, or even finely sliced chicken.
Ingredients
- 3 limes zested and halved
- 300 g peeled shrimp roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2-3 fresh red chillies deseeded
- 3 cloves of garlic
- a large thumb-sized piece fresh ginger peeled
- a large handful fresh coriander leaves picked, stalks reserved
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- a small handful kaffir lime leaves
- olive oil
- 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
- 2 x 400ml cans of unsweetened coconut milk
- 2/3 cup chicken stock
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 200 g noodles or rice
- 12 scallops
- 4 finely sliced spring onions( chopped) or 1 bunch of mustard cress, optional
Servings:
Instructions
- Put the lime zest into a bowl with your shrimp. Squeeze over the juice of 2 of the limes and add your fish sauce. Mix well, and leave to marinate for about 10 minutes.
- In a pestle and mortar or a food processor, pound or blitz the chillies, garlic, ginger, coriander stalks, sesame oil and lime leaves until you have a paste. Heat a large casserole or wok, pour in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and add the paste, stirring quickly.
- Cook for about a minute before adding your shrimp and all the flavorful juices from the bowl. Allow to cook for another minute, stirring. Then add the tamarind paste, coconut milk and chicken stock. Turn the heat down and simmer slowly for about 15 minutes.
- Taste – you may need to add salt and pepper or more fish sauce, and just enough lime juice to give it a good twang, as Asian food should be hot, salty, sweet and sour.
- Get a pot of water boiling for your noodles or rice. Now lightly score the scallops with a criss-cross pattern on one side so that when they cook they will open out to look like flowers. Get a large non-stick frying pan hot and pour in a little olive oil.
- Put your lightly seasoned scallops into the pan and cook for a couple of minutes on each side until golden. Halfway through, add the noodles or rice to the boiling water and cook according to the packet instructions.
- Remove the scallops from the heat. Drain the noodles or rice and divide between four serving bowls, spooning the laksa stew over the top. Sprinkle with the coriander leaves – or you can try some finely sliced spring onions or some cress to give a bit of a crunch.
- Lay two or three scallops on top of each bowl. Serve with a dollop of sweet chili jam.
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