Tom Yum Soup

Name: Tom Yum Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups chicken or shrimp stock; 12 oz shrimp, peeled and deveined; 8 oz mushrooms, quartered, straw or oyster; 3 stalks lemongrass, smashed, cut into 2-inch pieces; 5 slices galangal, or ginger; 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn; 3 Thai chilies, smashed; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice, fresh; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, for garnish

A hot, sour, aromatic Thai soup that wakes up every sense. Lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves, and chilies create a broth that is both bracing and deeply satisfying. Loaded with shrimp and mushrooms, it is the best thing you can eat when you need a flavor reset.

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Ingredients

4 cupschicken or shrimp stock
12 ozshrimp (peeled and deveined)
8 ozmushrooms (quartered, straw or oyster)
3 stalkslemongrass (smashed, cut into 2-inch pieces)
5 slicesgalangal (or ginger)
4kaffir lime leaves (torn)
3Thai chilies (smashed)
3 tbspfish sauce
3 tbsplime juice (fresh)
1 tspsugar
2 tbspfresh cilantro (for garnish)

Instructions

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Bring stock to a boil. Add lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves, and chilies. Simmer for 5 minutes to infuse.

Add mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes.

Add shrimp and cook until pink, about 2-3 minutes.

Remove from heat. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Taste and adjust the balance of sour, salty, and spicy.

Ladle into bowls and garnish with fresh cilantro. Serve with steamed rice on the side.