Holiday-at-home recipe for 2 people, takes only 8 mins; recipe has chicken stock, lemongrass, galangal, coriander, lime leaf, prawn, thai fish sauce, green chilli and lime juice.
Tom yum (hot & sour) soup with prawns
Course: Holiday-at-home
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Coriander: 3 coriander roots or 6 stems, bruised, plus leaves to garnish
- Lime Juice: 4 tbsp lime juice
- Chicken Stock: 700ml chicken stock
- Prawn: 6 large prawns, shelled
- Thai Fish Sauce: 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- Lemongrass: 1 lemongrass stalk, bruised and cut into large pieces
- Green Chilli: 6 small green chillies, chopped
- Lime Leaf: 3 lime leaves, torn
- Galangal: 5 thick slices galangal
Directions
- Bring the stock to a boil in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the lemongrass, galangal, coriander roots and lime leaves, then simmer for 2 mins.
- Add the prawns, fish sauce, chillies and lime juice, then return to the boil. Taste and adjust the seasoning with either more lime juice or fish sauce, then garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
