Description
This is the clear version of the traditional hot and sour Thai soup. You can sub in any protein you wish to fit your tastes. Serve with white rice to soak up extra broth.
Ingredients
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 4 stalks lemongrass
- 10 Thai chile peppers, seeded and minced
- 5 cloves garlic, crushed
- 10 kaffir lime leaves, torn
- 1 (1 inch) piece galangal, thinly sliced
- 1 ½ pounds raw shrimp, deveined
- ½ pound fresh oyster mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
- 2 medium white onions, cut into large slices
- 2 Roma tomatoes, cored and chopped
- ½ cup fish sauce, or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
- ½ cup fresh lime juice, or more to taste
Instructions
- Bring broth to a boil in a large pot.
- Remove the outermost leaf from each stalk of lemongrass. Pound stalks to release flavor; cut into 1-inch lengths. Add the lemongrass
- Thai chiles
- garlic
- lime leaves
- and galangal to the broth. Cover and boil for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat and add shrimp
- mushrooms
- onions
- and tomatoes to the broth. Boil for 3 minutes. Add fish sauce and sugar; cook for 2 minutes more and remove from heat. Stir in cilantro and lime juice.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 4