Tom Yum soup

Description:

Tom Yum soup – everybody’s favourite Thai soup is finally here! Choose from the classic clear Tom Yum Goong, or make the creamy Tom Yum version – both are made with the same broth.

Simple to make using whole fresh OR peeled frozen prawns / shrimp, this is astonishingly easy to make once you’ve gathered the ingredients! Bonus: Tom Yum is probably the healthiest Thai dish ever, clocking in at just 156 calories!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups water or chicken stock
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 5 slices young galangal
  • 2 lemon grass stalks cut into 2cm pieces
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves
  • Tomato
  • Shallots
  • Coriander
  • 10 prawns
  • Mushrooms
  • 3 TBS fish sauce
  • 3 TBS lime juice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 TBS sugar
  • 1 TBS chilli paste
  • 6 hot chillies

Method:

  • Bring a pot of water to the boil over a medium heat.
  • Add galangal, lemongrass, shallots and cook until it is fragrant
  • Add the prawns and mushrooms.
  • Season with fish sauce, salt, sugar, lime juice and chilli paste and coconut milk
  • Cook until done.
  • Add the tomato, onion, kaffir lime leaves, chillies and coriander.
  • Taste it and adjust seasoning to your liking.
  • Remove from the heat and serve in a bowl.
  • If using chicken in place of the prawns, the chicken needs to be cooked longer and must be added with the galangal and lemongrass.
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