Best Tom Yum Kai Recipes

TOM YUM KAI

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I got this tom yum recipe from a Thai friend. It's the best/most authentic ever. Garnish with cilantro, basil, and green onion.

Provided by Barryxxiv

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 stalk lemon grass, smashed and chopped
1 (1 inch) piece galangal, thinly sliced
3 kaffir lime leaves, torn
4 tablespoons fish sauce
2 teaspoons chile paste
8 ounces fresh tomatoes, chopped
2 ounces button mushrooms, chopped
1 (8 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast sliced into strips
4 tablespoons lime juice
2 fresh Thai chiles, crushed with a knife and halved

Steps:

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add lemon grass, galangal, and kaffir leaves. Cook for 1 minute. Add fish sauce and cook for 1 minute. Add chile paste and reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook for 1 minute. Increase heat to high and add chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add lime juice and stir.
Add chiles to soup and remove from heat.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 211.8 calories, Carbohydrate 19.3 g, Cholesterol 64.6 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 28.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 2314.2 mg, Sugar 8.3 g

TOM YUM KAI

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Categories Soup/Stew Chicken

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

400 grams (about 1lb) boneless chicken meat diced
3 cups chicken stock
100 grams (3.5 oz) straw mushrooms, halved 6 cherry tomatoes
1 fresh lemon grass stem cut into short lengths
2-3 kaffir lime leaves, torn
3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
4 tbsp fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp sugar
5-6 hot fresh Thai chilies, just broken with pestle

Steps:

Preparation Place the stock in a pot, add the lemon grass and kaffir lime leavess, and bring to boil over medium heat. Add the chicken meat, mushroom, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar; cook slowly and uncovered for 10 minutes. Do not stir. Then add the tomatoes and chilies and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat.

TOM YUM KAI - HOT AND SOUR SOUP

TOM YUM KAI - HOT AND SOUR SOUP image

Categories Soup/Stew Chicken Appetizer Quick & Easy

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

16-24 medium shrimp or 1 chicken breast sliced bite-size
1-2 cans straw mushrooms or 1 lb. small white mushrooms, halved
3-4 bottom half of lemongrass stalks, quartered and crushed
6-8 Kaffir lime leaves, roughly shredded (use lime rinds as substitute)
2-3 tbsps chili jam
4-6 fresh whole chilies, lightly crushed
3-4 cups chicken broth or good vegetable broth
3-4 tbsps fish sauce
lime juice

Steps:

1. In a large sauce pan bring liquid to a boil, stir in chili jam. 2. Add in herbs and mushrooms and bring back to boil. 3. Stir in shrimp or chicken and let cook until done. 4. Flavor with fish sauce and lime juice to taste. 5. Add fresh chilies for more heat. Note: You can make the soup vegetarian by using water or vegetable broth and various mushrooms.