Mushroom soup with chili oil and deep fried noodles

Ingredients; 1 red onion, sliced mushrooms 250gr, grilled chicken 150gr ( or egg tofu for vegetarians ), coconut milk 25cl, palm vinegar 2tbsp, palm sugar 2tsp, sambal 1 tbsp, fish sauce 2tbsp, mushroom sauce 1 tbsp, 1 tom yum cube stock or chicken stock, dried noodles 30 gr, sunflower oil 25cl, chili oil, water 30cl

Heat a wok, add 2 tbsp of sunflower oil. Add sambal and stir fry for 1 minute, add finely chopped onion and fry until soft. Now add the coconut milk, water and stock cube and bring to the boil.
Add sliced mushrooms, sugar and vinegar. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile heat the rest of the sunflower oil in a small cooking pot, fry the noodles for 1 to 2 minutes and place on some kitchen paper to absorb the oil.
Add fish sauce, mushroom sauce and the diced chicken to the soup. Bring to the boil and add more fish sauce or vinegar if you like. Serve hot, add some drops of chili oil and dress with some crisp noodles.

For a vegetarian version replace the chicken with egg tofu.