Tom yum soup with prawns
A Thai dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 50 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 50 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 7 oz raw jumbo shrimps Shopping tip: Jumbo shrimp, raw (UK: king prawns). Frozen works.
Fresh & other
- 5 oz onions
- 4 oz tomatoes Shopping tip: Fresh or canned both work (14.5 oz can of diced = about 4 tomatoes).
- ½ oz red chiles Shopping tip: Fresno or red jalapeño for mild (seeds out); Thai bird's eye for hot.
- ⅓ oz galangal
- 2 lemongrass stalks
- 3 ¼ oz oyster mushrooms
- 6 makrut lime leaves
- 1 ½ tbsp lime juice
- 3 ½ tbsp coconut milk
- 2 ¼ tsp thai chile jam
- Handful cilantro
Sauces & oils
- 1 ½ tbsp fish sauce
Spices & seasonings (1): chicken bouillon cube
- 1 chicken bouillon cube Shopping tip: Bouillon cubes (UK: stock cubes).
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Pour 5 ½ cups water in a large pot over a high heat.
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Add the chicken stock cube, prawn heads, lemongrass, galangal, chilli, tomato and onion.
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Stir.
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Bring to a boil.
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Turn the heat down to medium.
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Simmer for 20 mins till the liquid has reduced.
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Strain the hot broth in a large heatproof bowl or jug.
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Discard the prawn heads.
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Return the strained veg and herb mix to the pot.
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Pour over the broth.
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Stir through the mushrooms and lime leaves.
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Heat for 3 mins till the mushrooms are tender.
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Add prawns, coconut milk, lime juice, the fish sauce and 1 tbsp sugar.
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Bring to the boil.
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Heat till the prawns are cooked through, around 1-2 mins.
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Take it off the heat.
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Remove the lemongrass.
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Mix in the Thai chilli jam, if using.
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Scatter over your coriander to finish, if you like.
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Serve.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.