HOMEMADE TOM YUM SOUP

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This homemade hot and sour soup (tom yum) is easier than most recipes you will find. I have simplified a sometimes complex recipe for those like me who can have a hard time finding some of the original ingredients. This is my favorite recipe, better than any tom yum in the many restaurants I have been to.

Provided by Nader

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood Shrimp Soup

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

4 cups vegetable broth
1 pound raw shrimp, unpeeled and deveined
4 limes, juiced with pulp
4 Thai chile peppers, quartered
2 stalks lemongrass, quartered
2 tablespoons tom yum paste
1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon chile sauce
4 (1/4 inch thick) slices fresh ginger root
6 baby bella mushrooms, sliced
2 green onions, thinly sliced

Steps:

Combine vegetable broth and shrimp in a pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a low boil for 10 minutes, then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove shrimp from the broth and remove and discard shells; set shrimp aside.
Add lime juice, lime pulp, chile peppers, lemon grass, tom yum paste, fish sauce, sugar, chile sauce, and ginger slices to the broth; cook for 10 minutes. Remove chile peppers, lemongrass, and ginger slices with a slotted spoon and discard. Add cooked shrimp and remove from the heat.
Ladle soup into bowls and top with mushroom slices and green onions.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 145.9 calories, Carbohydrate 18.1 g, Cholesterol 115 mg, Fat 2.2 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 15 g, SaturatedFat 0.2 g, Sodium 1009.1 mg, Sugar 7.1 g