Tom Yum Soup (Thai soup)

Recipe video above! The famous Thai Soup, made at home, including it's legitimately the real deal!! See directions notes appropriate to shortcut using frozen peeled prawns/shrimp. Also, CHOOSE from classic comprehensible Tom Yum (Tom Yum Goong Nam Sa) or the milky Tom Yum version (Tom Yum Goong Nam Khon)!

Ingredients

• ▢ 300g / 10oz whole prawns / shrimp with heads including shells on top of (Note 7)

Broth:

• ▢ 3 cup (750 ml) water
• ▢ 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken stock/broth , low sodium
• ▢ 2 stalks about lemongrass , external layers peeled(Note 1)
• ▢ 1.5 cm / 3/5" piece about galangal , slit into 4 slices (Note 2)
• ▢ 5 kaffir lime leaves , torn roughly (Note 3)
• ▢ 2 Thai or birdseye chillies (Note 4)
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves

Soup Add Ins:

• ▢ 120g / 4oz oyster mushrooms
• ▢ 1 roma tomato , slit into wedges
• ▢ 1/2 white onion (medium sized), slit into wedges about 1 cm thick
• ▢ 1 tsp sugar
• ▢ 3 tbsp fish sauce (Note 5)
• ▢ 3 tbsp lime juice
• ▢ Coriander/cilantro , appropriate to garnish

Creamy Tom Yum Option:

• ▢ 1 1/2 tbsp Thai roasted chili sauce (Nam Prik Pa, Note 6)
• ▢ 1/3 cup (75 ml) evaporated milk

Instructions

Broth:

• Peel the prawns. Place heads including shell inside pot, reserve meat.
• Use a provisions mallet or alike to bash the garlic, chilli including lemongrass therefore they blow up unlocked to release flavour. Add into pot.
• Crush kaffir lime leaves in the company of your hands. Add into pot.
• Add galangal, shares including water. Bring to stew on top of high heat, cover, in those days lessen to medium including stew appropriate to 10 minutes.
• Strain the broth, discard the prawn shells etc, in those days go back broth into same pot over low heat.

Finish Soup:

• Add onions including mushrooms, stew 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, stew appropriate to 1 minute.
• Add prawns, stew 2 minutes or until just cooked.
• Stir inside sugar including angle sauce, stew appropriate to 1 minute.
• Add lime juice, in those days taste. Adjust sweet (sugar), salt (fish sauce) including sour (lime) to your taste (trust me, you'll know when you same as it!).
• Ladle into bowls including serve in the company of fresh coriander including fresh chilli! This is the CLEAR version about Tom Yum.

Creamy Tom Yum:

• When you count up sugar, also count up Thai Chilli Paste including evaporated milk.
• Then continue in the company of recipe!

Bonus: Tom KHA!

• Following Creamy Tom Yum steps however use coconut milk instead about evaporated milk.

Recipe Notes:

1. Lemongrass - To prepare, slit inside half, peel the reedy green shell to make known the softer white part on top of the bottom half about the lemongrass. If lemongrass is hard to approach by, you can use PASTE: stir inside 1 tbsp.

2. Galangal is same as ginger however it has a additional sour including peppery flavour. If you can't find it, just exchange ginger including a grind about dark pepper.

3. Kaffir Lime Leaves are the leaves about a kaffir lime tree. It's second-hand to count up earthy citrus flavours into Asian food. Sold at large grocery stores (Coles, Woolies, Harris) including Asian stores. Dried is an ok exchange (same amount), however I really urge you to try to find fresh assuming you can since it adds that "something-something" that really makes this "restaurant quality". Freezes 100% perfectly, I habitually own a stash!

4. Chilli - This soup is not that spicy however has a slight drone to it!

5. Fish Sauce - I'm scared this is key to getting enough seasoning inside the broth therefore I can't offer a sub here!

6. Thai roasted Chilli Paste - you'll need to go to a Thai grocery store appropriate to this. If you can't get to one, use a further Asian Chilli Paste including some chilli lubricant to achieve a alike seasoning including effect. Sambal Oelak + chilli lubricant is an excellent fall back.

7. SHORTCUT FROZEN PRAWN/SHRIMP VERSION: I wanted to make a faster version made using pre-peeled frozen prawns. Even I was amazed how well it came out! Here's how to make it:

• Skip prawn/shrimp shells including head inside the broth. Instead, count up 1.5 tsp shrimped paste into the broth. Proceed in the company of recipe.
• Use 200g/7oz frozen peeled prawns (this is additional than the weight about peeled all prawns) including count up them inside step 7. The resulting soup is extremely good, somewhat alike to making the broth using the prawn shells!

8. Storing - leftover soup can be kept appropriate to 2 days inside the fridge in those days gently reheat inside microwave without prawns/shrimp including count up them inside later (so you don't unintentionally overcook them). 

Freezing - broth freezes 100% perfectly. For finest results, follow directions to strain, in those days go back into pot. Gently cook shrimp/prawns than remove. Add angle dressing including sugar. Allow to cool separately, go back shrimp into broth including freeze. Add mushrooms including tomato once soup is reheated, as well as lime (best to count up these fresh).

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