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Lau Hai San (Spicy and Sour Seafood Hotpot)

40 min Serves 4 ~441 kcal/serving ~£14.00 (£3.50/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-freePescatarian

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Ingredients

  • 300 g raw king prawns, peeled and deveined
  • 250 g cleaned squid, sliced into rings
  • 300 g fresh clams, scrubbed
  • 400 g chopped tomatoes
  • 225 g tinned pineapple chunks in juice
  • 150 g okra, sliced
  • 1 tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1 fresh red chilli
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 250 g rice vermicelli noodles
  • 1 fresh coriander

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
441 kcal
Protein
32.6 g
Carbohydrate
68.1 g
of which sugars
12.5 g
Fat
2.4 g
of which saturates
0.7 g
Fibre
4 g
Salt
2.62 g

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Method

  1. 1

    Bring 1.2 litres of water to the boil in a large pot and stir in the tamarind paste and fish sauce.

  2. 2

    Add the chopped tomatoes, pineapple chunks and juice, and okra, and simmer for 8 minutes.

  3. 3

    Add the clams, cover and cook for 3 minutes until they open; discard any that stay shut.

  4. 4

    Add the squid and prawns and simmer for 3 minutes until the prawns are pink and the squid is just cooked through.

  5. 5

    Cook the rice vermicelli noodles in a separate pan of boiling water for 3 minutes, then drain and divide between bowls.

  6. 6

    Ladle the hotpot over the noodles, scatter with sliced chilli and coriander and serve.

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