Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the Fish & Seafood recipes category.

Thai Hot and Sour Soup with Shrimp (Tom Yam Kung) Recipe.

Ingredients:

2 cups low-sodium homemade or canned chicken or pork broth
6 to 7 fresh kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces and lightly bruised
7 to 8 slices lemongrass, approximately 1/8-inch thick
7 to 8 very thin slices fresh galangal
6 ounces fresh button or oyster mushrooms (or 1 1/2 cups well-drained canned straw mushrooms), cut into bite-size pieces
2 TBSPs Nam Prik Pao
1/4 cup fresh lime juice, or to taste
1/4 cup fish sauce, or to taste
4 to 5 fresh red bird's eye chilies, crushed
1 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled with the head and tail sections intact
1 cup evaporated milk, whole milk, or half-n-half
1/4 cup lightly-packed cilantro leaves (or sawtooth coriander leaves, thinly sliced)

Recipe Instructions:

In a medium saucepan, bring the broth to a very gentle boil over medium heat.
Adjust the temperature so that the liquid is barely simmering.
Add the lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves to the broth; continue to monitor the temperature.
Add the mushrooms and stir in the Nam Prik Pao.
Add fish sauce, followed by crushed chilies.

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