The FiFi Report 199

Thai Chicken Dumpling Soup …adulterated from Bill Granger
A taste sensation! This is something you can whip up for dinner mid week or serve for a dinner party. Watch as your fans dribble and drool over you and it.

You need …..to make 4 big chicken dumplings. This will feed 2 hungry gourmandes. Or make smaller dumplings and serve 8 models, 10 fashionista or 2 metrosexuals.

1 fresh double chicken breast or just buy 350g chicken mince
1/3 cup tinned bamboo shoots, drained, finely chopped
2 teasp grated ginger
1 long red chilli, plus extra sliced chilli to garnish
2 tabsp fresh coriander, plus extra coriander leaves for accessorizing
1 1/2 tabs fish sauce
2 tabsp cornflour
1 tabsp red curry paste
800ml chicken stock
350ml coconut milk
2 kaffir lime leaves, plus more for snazzy accessorising
3cm piece ginger
1 tabsp lime juice
Sugar, to taste
1 bunch baby bok choy

  • Remove your crisp white Lanvin shirt , your Hermes cuffs, and marcJacobs heels.
  • Slide into a sexy caftan and Prada red T bar flats sandals.
  • You can now pour a wine.
  • Find the whizzer.
  • Get out the chicken and chop into 3 big chunks the size of a Chloewedge.
  • Grate the 2 teasp of ginger or leave in chunks the size of 3 ctdiamond for easy whizzing.
  • Roughly chop the chilli into stiletto size strips and remove the seeds if you don’t want it hot. Some do.
  • Open up the can of bamboo shoots, drain and fish out about a 1/3.
  • Grab the bunch of coriander and set some leaves aside for prettyaccessorising.
  • Get the scissors and slice up lime leaves into stripsas thin as Kate Moss.
  • Juice the limes. Watch the manicure.
  • Now throw the chicken, chilli, ginger, bamboo, coriander, 2 teaspoonsof the fish sauce ( leave some for later) and corn flour into thewhizzer.
  • Whizz it up but not for long. You want it to be chunky nota big fat mush like your thighs.
  • Pour more wine. You need it:George Clooney took someone else to the Oscars.
  • Now wet your hands and roll the mixture into small balls. Think of George.Smile and set them aside.
  • Find some red curry paste in the fridge. Check the use-by date. Throwit in a large saucepan anyway.
  • Cook it for 1-2 minutes or until it smells lovely.
  • Now pour in the chicken stock, the naughty, fattening, deliciouscoconut milk, the kaffir lime leaves and the other bit of ginger andbring it all to a boil.
  • Turn down the heat.
  • Toss in the cute littledumplings and simmer for about 5 minutes or until they look cooked.
  • Before serving drizzle in the remaining fish sauce, lime juice and somesugar if you want to.
  • Add the bok choy just before you serve it or it will wilt as quicklyas George does on a bad night.
  • Now grab some chic white serving bowlsand serve it toute suite accessorised with the dash of Prada greencoriander leaves, the strips of extra kaffir lime and divine Valentinored chilli.
  • It looks as fabulous as the front row. Tastes just as good.