VIDEO: The Midweek Meal You Can Make In 5 Minutes With Just A Mug And A Microwave

And the food ingredients, obvs

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by Jess Commons |
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You know when you're sat in the office and you can't be bothered to head home because like, you'll have to actually spend time cooking something for your dinner? Yeah, that normally happens to us on a Monday as well. WELL, GUYS, we've got a super solution for you. Meal In A Mug is the new book that has 80 recipes that you can cook just using a microwave and a mug in super-speedy time.

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One of our favourite recipes is the prawn laska which we thought we'd share with you to fight off the Monday blues. If you can't be bothered to read the instructions below, just watch out handy instructional video above.

Prawn Laska

Ingredients

Large handful (50 g/2 oz) flat-dried rice noodles

100ml/ 3½floz fish stock

1tbsp laksa paste

3tbsp coconut cream

½tsp fish sauce

6 cooked shelled king prawns

Small handful bean sprouts

1tbsp freshly chopped coriander

1 spring onion, chopped

½ red chilli, finely sliced

Laksa is a spicy, fragrant, coconut noodle soup. If prawns aren’t your thing, replace them with a handful of cooked shredded chicken and change the fish stock to chicken stock.

Method

    And that's LITERALLY all you have to do. Happy munching.

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    This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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