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Thai Sour and Spicy Prawn Soup Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4

Ingredients:

• 6 large spiny-clawed prawns (shrimps)
• 1 lemon grass stem, cut into short lengths
• 3 kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces
• 5 crushed hot chilies
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 cups soup stock

How to cook:

• Shell and devein the prawns and remove all inedible parts.
• Heat the stock in a pot. When it is boiling, put in the lemon grass and then the prawns. Season with the fish sauce, chilies, and lime juice.
• Then, add the kaffir lime leaves and serve hot.

Notes:

The Thai name for Sour and Spicy Prawn Soup recipe is Tom Yam Kung.
This recipe is delicious, simple, and really easy to cook.

Tip:

Ground dried chillies can be substituted for the hot chilies in this recipe add 1 teaspoon of ground dried chillies to the boiling stock.

This recipe for Thai Sour and Spicy Prawn Soup serves/makes: 4

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Main Ingredient: Shrimp
Preparation Method: Soups/Chowders
Cuisine: Thai

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