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Tom Yum or Thai Hot and Sour soup is a spicy soup that originated in Thailand. Commonly made with prawns or shrimp, Tom Yum Goon (Goon means shrimp) it can also be made with chicken - Tom Yum Gai (Gai means chicken). In Thailand this soup is sometimes served with sticky rice on the side.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tom yum chicken and shrimp soup (thai hot and sour soup) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tom Yum Chicken and Shrimp soup (Thai Hot and sour soup):
- Make ready 1/2 pound chicken thigh of boneless pieces, cleaned and cut into small thin pieces (about 1/2 inch thick and 1 inch long)
- Prepare 10 - 12 shrimp uncooked (medium size), shells removed
- Get 2 tomatoes medium size , chopped into big chunks (roughly 1 inch)
- Make ready 1 red onion medium (chopped into 1 inch chunks)
- Prepare 1 inch by 1 inch ginger piece of , chopped into very thin round slices
- Take 6 cloves garlic medium size , chopped into half
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder (optional)
- Prepare 3 - 4 kaffir lime dried leaves
- Make ready a small 1/2 inch tamarind water - ball , soaked in 1/2 cup
- Get 4 cups water of
- Make ready 1 cup coconut milk of (fresh or canned)
- Prepare 1 tbsp lime juice fresh
- Prepare 1 tsp salt - (per taste)
In Thai culture, tom yum soup is considered healthy and great especially when one has a cold. Chilli is used for the spiciness of the hot and sour soup and fish sauce is used for saltiness. To make the soup more sour, lime juice and tamarind are used. When is tom yum gai best?
Instructions to make Tom Yum Chicken and Shrimp soup (Thai Hot and sour soup):
- 1 medium hot green chilly pepper (you can omit this if you want to keep it mild or use 2-3 if you want extra spicy)
- Wash the chicken pieces and marinate them in 1 tbsp of tom yum paste (reserve 1 tbsp paste for later in the recipe). Toss the chicken pieces into a microwave safe glass bowl with a little bit of water (about 1/4 cup) and cook for about 10 minutes until the chicken pieces are well-cooked.(If you have sensor cook or auto cook in your microwave, you could use that setting or you can also just cook the chicken on the stove). Leave the chicken pieces to cool.
- Meanwhile, take a large pot and boil 3 cups of water in it. When the water starts boiling, add the red onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chillies, the kaffir lime leaves, the red chilli powder (if you are adding it) and the 1tbsp of tom yum paste. Cover with a lid and let t cook for about 10 minutes on medium heat.
- Next add the shrimp to the pot and let it cook for another 5 minutes. Next take the chicken pieces and try to shred them a little bit using your hands (so that they are medium size pieces to eat in a soup). Add the chicken pieces into the pot along with the chicken stock. Next take the soaked tamarind ball and mash the ball with your hands to get the tamarind pulp. Strain this through a strainer (to get any seed and fibrous pulp out) and pour the thin tamarind pulp into the pot.
- Next add the 1 cup of coconut milk and stir slowly for 1 minute on low flame. Do a taste test and add salt per your taste. Put the heat off and finally add the 1 tbsp of lime juice and stir well. Enjoy the soup while its hot. You can eat this with plain white rice or a piece of fresh french bread. Tom Yum is just Yum!
Thai hot and sour soup makes for an amazing starter or main dish. It is delicious served with jasmine rice for a more filling main. What exactly is tom yum gai soup? Tom Yum is actually very easy to make in the western hemisphere, exactly the way they make it in Thailand. The Hot and Sour Soup flavor comes from the addition of chiles, or sometimes Thai chile paste, and a hearty splash of lime juice added at the end.
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