Tom Yum Soup

Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients

10 1/2 cups chicken stock
5 prawns devined, washed
12 thin slices galangal
6 kaffir lime leaves
3 stalks lemon grass, smashed
and cut into 1 inch pieces
3 tablespoons hot chile paste
6 tablespoons fish sauce
9 tablespoons fresh lime juice
6 shallots, thinly sliced
3 tomatoes, chopped
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced bok
choy
1 cup thinly sliced carrot
6 sprigs fresh cilantro, for
garnish
6 green onions, thinly sliced

Method

1. Bring chicken stock, galangal, prawns , lime leaves, lemon grass, and hot chile paste
to a boil in a large pot. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, shallots, tomato,
mushrooms, bok choy, and carrot. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer
until the vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and
green onion before serving.