Thai Prawn Soup With lemongrass, "Tom Yum Goong"

This is an ImportFood.com online Thai recipe. Here you can conveniently purchase authentic, quality ingredients imported from Thailand. We hope you enjoy our website and it helps you enjoy cooking Thai food!Tom Yum is both hot and sour, and it's one of the main signature dishes that defines Thai flavor. We've perfected this recipe and assure you it tastes great (see picture below).
Ingredients20 prawns (shrimp), medium size4-5 cups chicken broth/soup stock2 stalks fresh lemongrass, lightly pounded, cut into 1 inch long segments4 table spoons fish sauce1/3 cup sliced fresh galangal1/2 cup straw mushroom, halved or whole6-8 kaffir lime leaves, shredded4 tablespoons lime juice6 crushed fresh Thai chile peppers (or more to suit your taste)2 tablespoons "prik pao" roasted chile in oilFresh cilantro for garnishMethodWash the prawns and shell them without removing the tails. Bring chicken broth to a boil. Add lemongrass, galangal and lime leaves. Bring back to a boil then add mushrooms, fish sauce, prik pao and lime juice. Add prawns and fresh chile peppers. As soon as prawns turn pink (cooked through) serve garnished with cilantro.Note that a rather simple and effective way to make this dish is with a ready-made tom yum paste. ImportFood.com has two options for you. We recommend you order our Instant Tom Yum Paste, imported from Thailand and a very good quality product. Add two tablespoons Tom Yum Paste to three cups boiling water, add 1.5 teaspoons salt, add mushrooms and prawns, add 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, add 5-7 Thai chile peppers and onions, and serve garnished with cilantro.
An alternative to Tom Yum Paste is our Tom Yum Spice Mix which you can use to make the above soup. Both alternatives also add fragrant, delicious Tom Yum flavor to just about any kind of noodles, and both are quite popular in creating "fusion" type Pan-Asian foods blending Thai and western foods.

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