Soups
Tom Yam, Thai Spicy Sour Soup is the most well-known and popular Thai soup in Thailand and all over the world from street venders in Bangkok
Tom Yam Goong (Thai Spicy and Sour Soup with Shrimp)
For 4 servings
Ingredients
5 cups Chicken stock (one whole chicken bone, 6 cups of water and ½ tsp salt)
24 Shrimp (size 34-40/lb.)
10 White Mushrooms, slice
2 Lemongrass slice in 11/2” long
1 Galangal 4” long or 2 pieces 2” long, slice ¼” thick
12 Kaffir Lime Leaves
3 Thai red chillies (you can adjust the amount of chilli)
3 tsp (3 round teaspoon full) Nam Prik Poa (or in English Chilli Paste with Soya Bean Oil)
6-7 tsp Lime juice
4 tsp Fish Sauce (you can adjust the amount of fish sauce more or less depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock)
Garnish
1 Coriander (plant) chopped
4 Kaffir Lime Leaves stack and roll and then slice and chop very small pieces
Instruction
Usually I will keep the roasted chicken bones for chicken stock if I make a roasted chicken.
- Put chicken bones, water and salt to boil and simmer for 2 hours. Discard bones with a Sieve.
- Put chicken stock on the heat until boiling.
- Add lemongrass, galangal and kaffir leaves until boil.
- Add shrimp, mushroom, fresh chilli and chilli paste until boil.
- Add lime juice and fish sauce, have a taste – you can adjust the favour to your taste.
- Remove from the heat. Serve and garnish with chopped coriander and kaffir lime leaves.
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