Amazing Thai Hot & Sour Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 12 ounces shrimp, whole (raw or cooked in shell)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 stalk lemongrass, stalk roughly chopped
- 2 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
- 1 green chili pepper, seeded and chopped
- 5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups fish stock
- 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 1 red bird's eye chili, seeded and sliced
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced (green onion)
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped (garnish)
directions
- Peel the shrimp and reserve the shells. De-vein the shrimp, cover and chill until needed.
- Heat the oil in a large pot and stir-fry the shrimp shell for 3-4 minutes until they turn pink. Add the lemon grass, lime leaves, chili and stock. Pare a strip of zest from the lime and add to the pot.
- Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Strain the liquid and pour it back into the pot. Squeeze the juice from the lime and add to the pot with fish sauce and salt and pepper to taste.
- Return to a boil, lower the heat, add the shrimp and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the thinly sliced chili and scallion. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
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