Saturday, August 25, 2007

Thai Spicy soup (Tom yam ต้มยำ)








Tom Yam is perhaps one of the most famous dishes in Thai cuisine.Tom yum is characterized by its distinct hot and sour flavors, with fragrant herbs generously used.In Thailand, tom yum is usually made with prawns (tom yum goong), chicken (tom yum gai), fish (tom yum pla), or mixed seafood (tom yum talay or tom yum po taek) and mushrooms - usually straw or oyster mushrooms.

This Thai recipe serve 2

Ingredients :
70 grams chicken, sliced 1 inch
1/4 cup mushrooms, peel black skin and cut in half
1 lemom grass, sliced 1 inch crushed
2 kaffir lime leave, shredded
1 1/2 cup chicken stock
Seasoming sauce ingredients
3 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoom hot chillies crushed
1 tablespoon fried chili paste
1/4 cup plain condensed milk

For garnishing
1 stem coriander leaves shressed

Cooking Instructions
Bring chicken broth to a boiling pot, pour water over a medium heat and un cover. When boiling reduced to low heat for 30 minutes and remove bubbles. Add lemongrass, galanga and lime leaves until boiling for 5 minute. Add chicken mushrooms and let it boil for 3 - 5 minutes.Add all seasoning sauce ingredients. When serve, lift into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.

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