Malaysian Spicy Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• chicken stock / broth
  2 cups
• -inch piece of ginger
  1 unit
• – 3 cloves of garlic
  2 unit
• red chilies
  2 unit
• Fresh basil leaves
  1 unit
• of lemon grass
  1 stalk
• thin rice noodles or vermicelli
  1 unit
• sliced onions
  ½ cup
• fried pieces of chicken or tofu
  ½ cup
• freshly chopped coriander leaves
  1 unit
• bean sprouts
  ½ cup
• chopped peanuts
  1 tbsp