Spicy Thai Shrimp Soup Recipe

Spicy Thai Shrimp Soup Recipe

Our Spicy Thai Shrimp Soup Recipe is loosely based off of the Thai soup named ‘Tom Yum’. We replace some of the more traditional Thai ingredients with easy to find ingredients. The results are similar as it provides hot, salty, sweet and sour elements.

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Ingredients:
5-1/4 cups chicken broth
1/2-inch piece ginger, cut in half and smashed
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 large garlic cloves, lightly crushed with skins on
6 cilantro stems, including roots
1 teaspoon sugar
2 jalapeño chiles, stemmed and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rings
2 tomatoes, cored and chopped coarse
8 ounces cremini, oyster, or white mushrooms, stemmed and quartered if small or cut into sixths if large
8 ounces medium shrimp (41 to 50 per pound), peeled and deveined
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
2 limes juice

Directions:
1. Combine broth, ginger, fish sauce, garlic, cilantro stems, sugar, half of the jalapeños, and one-quarter of the tomatoes in a Dutch oven.
2. Simmer broth for 20-minutes.
3. Strain the broth through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible.
4. Return the broth to the pot and bring to a simmer.
5. Add the mushrooms and remaining chiles and cook for 2-minutes.
6. Stir in the shrimp and cook for 1 minute.
7. Turn off heat, stir in the lime juice, and add remaining tomatoes and chopped cilantro.

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