SIMPLE THAI-STYLE LEMONGRASS SHRIMP SOUP
You won't believe how easy and good it is. Try this and you may never be able to eat a shrimp soup in a Thai restaurant again. This is a blend of two recipes from a really good Thai cookbook, adapted to use easier-to-find ingredients (as recommended in the book, ginger instead of galangal, lime juice instead of lime leaves) and simplified a little. You can make it also with thinly sliced chicken breast instead of shrimp if you add the chicken about the time you add mushrooms and tomatoes and cook everything for a bit longer.
Provided by Anya4405
Categories Thai
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cut off the dry end and a few top leaves of the lemongrass stem.
- Bruise the stem with the handle of a knife and cut into 1-inch long pieces.
- Reserve.
- Bruise the chilies, cut them in half, scoop out and discard the seeds.
- Reserve the chilies.
- Bring the water to boil.
- Add lemongrass and ginger, and squeeze out half the lime into the water.
- Boil 2-3 minutes.
- Add fish sauce and chili-garlic paste.
- Cook for another minute.
- Add tomatoes and mushrooms.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes (or longer, until it boils and the tomatoes start to fall apart).
- Squeeze the other half of the lime into the soup.
- Take off the heat.
- Add the chilies and let stand a few seconds, then add the shrimp.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve immediately.
- Leave lemongrass, ginger and chilies in the soup and either try to pour the soup without them, or, better, pour the soup with chunks of lemongrass and ginger in it and warn your guests not to eat these.
- They do add flavour when left in the soup while you eat it.
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Charles Barbee
[email protected]I made this soup for my family and they all loved it! The shrimp were cooked perfectly and the broth was so flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Md Shohanur Rahoman Kobir
[email protected]This soup was delicious! I used a bit more lime juice than the recipe called for and it gave the soup a really nice flavor. I also added some chopped cilantro to the soup for some extra freshness.
Emeka Iroegbu
[email protected]This soup was very easy to make and it tasted great! I used a bit less fish sauce than the recipe called for and it was still very flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
nyang'au boaz
[email protected]I made this soup for my family and they all loved it! The shrimp were cooked perfectly and the broth was so flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Otgoo Temka
[email protected]This soup was delicious! I used a bit more lime juice than the recipe called for and it gave the soup a really nice flavor. I also added some chopped cilantro to the soup for some extra freshness.
Mohamed Fathy
[email protected]This soup was very easy to make and it tasted great! I used a bit less fish sauce than the recipe called for and it was still very flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Cruzlynn Swartz
[email protected]I made this soup for my family and they all loved it! The shrimp were cooked perfectly and the broth was so flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Kgauhelo Mallane
[email protected]This soup was delicious! I used a bit more lime juice than the recipe called for and it gave the soup a really nice flavor. I also added some chopped cilantro to the soup for some extra freshness.
Selina Begum
[email protected]This soup was very easy to make and it tasted great! I used a bit less fish sauce than the recipe called for and it was still very flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Raza
[email protected]I made this soup for a party and it was a hit! Everyone loved the flavor and the shrimp were cooked perfectly. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Muhammad Malik Bhai
[email protected]This soup was delicious! I used a bit more lemongrass than the recipe called for and it gave the soup a really nice flavor. I also added some chopped carrots and celery to the soup for some extra vegetables.
Hafsat Umar Turaki
[email protected]I made this soup for my family and they all loved it! The shrimp were cooked perfectly and the broth was so flavorful. I will definitely be making this soup again.
Tish Alexander
[email protected]This soup was so easy to make and so delicious! I loved the fresh flavors of the lemongrass and ginger. I will definitely be making this again.