Easy Thai Prawn and ginger noodles

This prawn stir-fry, with fiery ginger and crunchy vegetables, is as healthy as it is delicious – a low-fat and low-calorie weeknight dinner.

• Takes just 15 minutes to prepare.
• Serves 2.

Ingredients

• 100g rice noodles (sen lek)
• zest and juice 1 small orange
• 1½-2 tbsp red curry paste
• 1-2 tsp fish sauce
• 2 tsp light brown soft sugar
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 25g ginger, scraped and shredded
• 2 large garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
• 85g sugar snap peas, halved lengthways
• 140g beansprouts
• 175g pack raw king prawns
• handful chopped basil
• handful chopped coriander
• Optional Red Chilli and Lime Juice

Method

Not all noodles require soaking, but if yours do, put the noodles in a bowl and pour over boiling water to cover them. Set aside to soak for 10 mins.

Stir together the orange juice and zest, curry paste, fish sauce, sugar and 3 tbsp water to make a sauce.

Heat the oil in a large wok and add half the ginger and the garlic. Cook, stirring, for 1 min.

Add the pepper and stir-fry for 3 mins more.

Toss in the sugar snaps, cook briefly, then pour in the curry sauce.

Add the beansprouts and prawns, and continue cooking until the prawns just turn pink.

Drain the noodles, then toss these into the pan with the herbs and remaining ginger.

Mix until the noodles are well coated in the sauce, then serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2015