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Ginarep

Ginarep is a clean, sweet corn and prawn soup enriched by a shell-infused broth.

1 hour · Serves 5

Ingredients for Ginarep

  • Oil
  • 250 g prawns, shelled and deveined; heads and shells reserved
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 3 large ears corn, kernels removed; cobs reserved
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 white onion, finely chopped
  • 1 large tomato, diced
  • 1 cup malunggay leaves
  • Fish sauce, to taste
  • White pepper, to taste

How to cook Ginarep

  1. 1.Heat oil in a pot; fry prawn heads and shells, crushing the heads, until toasted and fragrant.
  2. 2.Add water, chicken stock, and corn cobs; boil, then simmer gently for 15 minutes.
  3. 3.In another pot, sauté garlic and onion in oil; add tomato and cook until soft.
  4. 4.Strain the prawn-corn broth into the tomato pot; add corn kernels, boil, and simmer 15 minutes.
  5. 5.Add prawns for 3 minutes, then malunggay for 1 minute; season with fish sauce and white pepper.
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