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Thai Shrimp Soup

Thai Shrimp Soup

Time

Serves

4

Cuisine

Thai

Heat

Spicy

Dietary:

Atkins, Diabetic, Contains Nuts, Low Fat, Gluten Free, Coeliacs

Making this recipe

Ingredients

  • Birdseye Chillies - 1 or 2
  • Chicken Stock - 1½ litres / 2½ pints
  • Fresh Coriander Leaves (to serve)
  • Galangal (2tsp)
  • Garlic Clove (2 crushed)
  • Kaffir Lime Leaves - 4
  • Lemongrass Stalk - 2
  • Lime (to serve)
  • Lime Juice (2 tbsp)
  • Mushrooms (a big handful, wiped and sliced, any type, the wilder the better! Cepes or any oriental mushrooms are great)
  • Nam Pla Fish Sauce (1 tbsp)
  • Whole Shrimp (1 lb)

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Method

1) Cover the galangal with hot water for 10 to 15 minutes to soften and infuse then mash.

2) Finely chop the birdseye chillies and prepare the same as the galangal in a separate bowl.

3) Peel and de-vein the shrimp, keeping the heads and shells.

4) Make up the soup stock by adding chicken stock, lemongrass, lime leaves, garlic, galangal and the shrimp heads and shells into a saucepan.

5) Bring to the boil and simmer for around 15 minutes.

6) Strain to leave a wonderfully aromatic stock.

7) Add the lime juice, fish sauce, birdseye chillies and mushrooms to the stock and slowly bring to the boil.

8) Add the shrimps and cook for around 2 minutes until firm and opaque. Garnish with lime and coriander and serve.

9) Use vegetables (e.g. baby corn, baby aubergines – especially the pea sized ones) instead of shrimp and use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock for a vegan alternative.