Chicken Laksa
A coconut laksa broth with chicken, eggplant, bok choy and rice noodles, topped with bean sprouts, herbs and crispy shallots.
By Julia Scott, NZ Registered Dietitian · 18 September 2019

Recipe
Chicken Laksa
- Serves
- 5
Ingredients
Batch
Method
- 1Preheat oven to 220°C.
- 2Put laksa paste, coconut cream and stock in a pot. Bring to the boil then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add fish sauce and sugar.
- 3Toss eggplant in olive oil and roast on a lined oven tray for 10 minutes or until golden.
- 4When the broth has simmered for 10 minutes, add chicken ad simmer for another 10 minutes.
- 5Add bok choy to the broth and cook for 1 minute or until just tender.
- 6Place rice noodles in another pot of boiling water, cook for 5 minutes. Stir to prevent sticking. Drain.
- 7Place noodles and broth into bowls, top with bean sprouts, coriander, mint, shallots and a squeeze of lemon juice.
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