Tom Yum Koong Hot And Sour Soup With Shrimp Recipes

Steps:

• Trim the bottom of the lemon grass, and remove tough layers. Using a food processor or Japanese or French mandoline, slice the bottom 3 or 4 inches of the stalk tissue-thin.
• Bring the stock to a boil. Add lemon grass and sliced lime leaves, and boil one minute.
• Add the mushrooms, and simmer until mushrooms have softened, 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add the shrimp, chilies and fish sauce, and cook until shrimp are just done. (Do not overcook the shrimp.)
• Stir in the lime juice, tasting as you add. Serve, sprinkled with cilantro and the 4 whole lime leaves.

Steps:

• Bring the stock to the boil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, and chiles. Lower the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes to let the spices infuse the broth.
• Uncover and add the fish sauce, sugar, and mushrooms. Simmer for 5 minutes. Toss in the shrimp and cook for about 8 minutes until they turn pink. Remove from the heat and add the lime juice, green onions, and cilantro. Taste for salt and spices; you should have an equal balance of spicy, salty, and sour. It's a good idea to tell your guest's that the lemongrass and lime leaves are for flavor only and should be avoided when eating the soup.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot with garlic until aromatic; add onion and cook, stirring, until onion is light brown.
• Add the water and bring to a boil.
• Add black pepper, lemongrass, galangal, chiles, and lime leaves; return to a boil and boil for 2 minutes.
• Place shrimp in the pot along with the fish sauce and lime juice.
• Simmer for 3 more minutes, or until shrimp are firm and cooked.
• Garnish soup with fresh cilantro before serving.

Steps:

• Clean and devein the shrimps. Pound lemon grass lightly and cut diagonally for 2 inches long. Tear the center part of kaffir lime leaves. Wedge mushrooms into quarters. Coarsely cut the coriander leaves.
• Bring water to boil over medium high heat. Add salt, lemon grass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves and mushrooms for 3-5 minutes or until fragranced. Then add shrimps and quickly lower the heat to low otherwise shrimps will shrink down the size. After the shrimps is cooked turn off the heat.
• In a serving bowl, combine fish sauce, pounded chili and lime juice. Pour the soup into the bowl and taste. Topped with coriander leaves. Serve while hot.
• *****For thai cooking all ingredients are not to be exact. You may reduce down the spices.
• *****You may add roasted chili pasted right after you add mushrooms into a soup and bring the soup to boil, and follow every steps until you pour the soup into a bowl then topped with milk and stir well. Then top with coriander leaves for garnish.