Soups

Lunchdish

Recipe from www.thaitable.com

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Recipe from Thailand for 4 persons

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Ingredients

4 cups water
1 cup shrimp or 1/2 pnd chickenbreast, sliced
5 mushrooms, quartered
1-2 limes, squeezed
2 slices galangal/laos
1 lemon grass
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 tablespoon fish sauce
5 sprigs cilantro
1-8 chili peppers
1 tablespoon nam prig pow/tom yum paste

Preparation

Start boiling the water in a 2 quart pot. Peel and devein the shrimp and set them aside. Cut lemon grass into pieces, 5-6 inches long. Drop the lemon grass in water and let boil for 5 minutes.

Add kaffir leaves, mushrooms, nam prig pow and chilis to pan and simmer for a few minutes.

Put the fish sauce and 1 lime's juice into the pan. Add more of one to taste, it should be a little spicy and sour-salty-spicy.

Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

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