Tom Yum Soup Made Easy Recipe

Ingredients

  • 6 cups chicken stock or 1 1/4 pint stock made from OXO or bullion
  • 2-3 stalks lemongrass, lower 1/3 minced or mashed in a mortar (or 6tsp of prepared lemongrass from a jar)
  • 3-5 kaffir lime leaves (depending on size of leaf)
  • juice from 2 fresh limes or 4TBS concentrated lime juice
  • 1 tin cocuonut milk (or 1 block of coconut cream + 1/2 pint milk)
  • 1/2 to 1Lb (250g-500g) ready cooked shrimp/prawns
  • 2 TBSP. Thai or Singapore fish sauce
  • 1-2 small red chilies, minced OR 1/2 -1 tsp. dried crushed chili (to suit your taste)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced (or from a Lazy garlic jar)
  • 2 inches of fresh ginger (or 4tsp from Lazy ginger jar)
  • 3 generous cups of fresh shiitake mushrooms OR pack of dried shiitake OR chestnut OR button mushroom (whatever you have in the fridge)
  • 1/2 - 1 cup fresh coriander
  • 2 TBS sugar (to taste, so the soup is sweeter rather than tart)
  • optional: a handful of cherry tomatoes OR red bell pepper thin sliced

Description

A Traditional Thai Or Balinese Tom Yum Soup With Easy To Find Ingredients Including Lime, Coriander And Lemon Grass

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