Spicy Prawn Soup (Tom Yum Goong)

Notes
ต้มยำกุ้ง (Tom yum goong)
Servings:
About 2 servings
Preparation Time:
0.5 hours

Ingredients

  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 2 Tbs roast chilli paste
  • 4 lime leaves, torn into big pieces
  • 2 stalks of lemon grass, 2cm lengths
  • 2 Tbs lime juice
  • 2 Tbs fish sauce
  • 2-3 small red or green chillis, chopped
  • 20 straw mushrooms
  • 8 medium sized fresh uncooked prawns (peeled, tails intact)
  • 2 large stalks of chopped coriander (not the leaves)
  • 1 inch of galangal
Cooking Instructions
  1. Add lemon grass, lime leaves, galangal and coriander roots and stalks into the stock and bring to boil for 5 minutes.
  2. Add fish sauce, chilli paste and mushrooms and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add prawns and cook about 1 minute, being careful not to overcook the prawns.
  4. At the end add lime juice to the soup.
  5. Add chopped chilli and serve garnished with coriander leaves.
Source:
Yukiko Anschutz, WEA Instructor

Created on Tue, 23 Oct 2007, 12:35am

Last changed on Sat, 17 Nov 2007, 7:48pm