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Tom yum goong (hot sour prawn soup)

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Categories: Asian, Ethnic, Seafood, Soups & Stews, Thai
Yield: 6
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Ingredients:
1 lbsMedium-sized raw prawns
-with heads attached
1 tbspOil
8 cupWater
1 tspSalt
2 Stems fresh lemon grass
-thinly sliced, or 4 strips
-thinly peeled lemon rind
4 Fresh, frozen, or dried
-kaffir lime leaves
4 sliceGalangal, fresh or frozen
2 Or 3 fresh chillies
2 tspChopped garlic
1 tbspTo 2 tb fish sauce
3 tbspLime juice
1 Fresh red chilli, seeded and
-sliced
2 tbspChopped coriander leaves
4 Spring onions with green
-tops, chopped
Procedures:
1Shell and devein the prawns, save the heads and shells and dry them on kitchen paper.
2Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the heads and shells until they turn red.
3Add the water, salt, lemon grass, lime leaves, galangal, chillies and garlic.
4Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
5Strain the stock.
6Return to the saucepan and add the prawns, then simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until the prawns are cooked.
7Add the fish sauce and lime juice to taste, and remove from the heat at once.
8Serve in a tureen or in soup plates, sprinkled with the sliced chilli, and the chopped coriander leaves and spring onions.
 
 
 
 

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