Tom Yum Soup

Posted 2014-03-02 by chef@home ⇒ follow

Tom Yum is a hot and sour seafood soup from Thailand, which is popular around the world. The broth is made out of fresh fragrant herbs and stock.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 6 servings

Ingredients
300g prawns
300g squid rings
250g button mushrooms, quartered
2 brown onions, roughly diced
1 stalk lemongrass, bruised and cut into 5cm lengths
2 red chillies, roughly chopped
1 piece thumb-size ginger, thinly sliced
2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
Juice of 2 limes
2 bunches coriander, roughly chopped
1/2 cup fish sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2L vegetable stock
165ml light coconut milk

Method

In a bowl, mix the lime juice, fish sauce, brown sugar and stock.

In a large stockpot, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and add in the onions, ginger, chillies, lemongrass and coriander. Cook until they are fragrant and onion has turn opaque.