Tom Yam Kung (Shrimp Soup) Recipe

Free Recipe Tom Yam Kung (Shrimp Soup)

Recipe Type: T Recipes

Recipe Preparation: boil

Cooking Ingredients for Tom Yam Kung (Shrimp Soup) Recipe

1 lb Prawns, 25-30 count, shelled
-and deveined; (save shells)
3 Cloves garlic; crushed
6 Kafir leaves; * see note
6 tb Lemon juice
6 tb Thai fish sauce
1 Stalk fresh lemon grass;
-**see note
1 ts Sugar
Ground Thai red chili
-pepper; to taste
1/2 c Straw mushrooms
1/4 c Cilantro; coarsely chopped

Tom Yam Kung (Shrimp Soup) Preparation

1. Remove shells from prawns and rinse. Put shells in a pot and add enough water to cover them. Cover pot, bring mixture to boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain. this is the broth which can be set aside. 2. Combine garlic, kafir leaves, lemon juice, Thai fish sauce, lemon grass, sugar and chili pepper. (Sauce can be made several days in advance and stored in the refrigerator.) 3. Bring soup stock to a boil, add prawns, mushrooms, and basic sauce. Bring to boil briefly until prawns cook. Garnish with cilantro. Recipe By : Seattle Times Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n201 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 06:14:15 -0800 (PST) From: Tina D. Bell <tdbell@altair.csustan.edu> NOTES : *lime leaves; available in Oriental groceries **chop the lower third, discard the rest

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Recipe Serves: 4

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