Hot and sour soup with shrimp ( Tom yum kung)

First for my blog, I pround to introduce my popular Thai recipe.

Hot and sour soup with shrimp ( Tom yum kung)

Ingredients

* 12 medium-size shrimps, deveined

* 10 mushrooms

* 1 stalk of lemon grass (lightly pounded and cut into 2" long)

* 3 lime leaves

* 1 teaspoon of salt

* 2 tablespoons of fishsauce

* 3 tablespoons of lime juice

* 6 hot peppers (pounded lightly)

* 4 cups of water

* 1/2 cup of roughly cut coriander leaves

Preparations

1. Remove the shrimp shell but leave the tails (for good appearance). Then cut open the back of each shrimp to remove the veins. Also clean the mushrooms with water and dry them well before wedging each into quarters.

2. Bring water to boil, then add lemon grass, lime leaves, and shrimps. 3. When the shirmps turn pink ,add mushrooms and saults
3. Remove the pot from heat after boiling. Then season with fish sauce, lime juice, and hot peppers. Serve the soup while still hot and garnish on top with pieces of coriander leaves.


( for 2 serving)




Tips and substitutions

Unfortunately, for the true taste, it is difficult to substitute anything for the kaffir lime leaves. The richness of the sour taste comes from the complement of the different citrus flavored ingredients.
I serve this soup directoy into individual bowls for each person.
If you don't like it hot, cut down on the chili peppers or do not cut them up, but leave them whole for decoration.

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