Lemongrass Soup With Shrimp
By: Eva Taylor
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:50pm

Ingredients




3 cups water or chicken stock
1 lemongrass stalk, cut into 4" pieces and smashed
4 whole (double) torn kaffir lime leaves
3 teaspoons slices galangal (about ½
3 smalls thai chilies, to taste
2 cups mixed mushrooms (straw mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, 
1 tomato, cut into 8 pieces lengthwise
2 tablespoons white soy sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 stems coriander, cleaned and roughly chopped
1/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped
4 shrimp, cooked skinned, cleaned and tail off





Preparation

1 Add the water/stock to a sauce pan. Crush the lemongrass and cilantro root in a stone mortar & pestle or with the butt of a knife, then add them to the water. Tear the lime leaves to release flavor, and throw them in too along with the galangal. 2 Turn on your heat to medium high, and bring to a boil. Boil your herbs for about 5 minutes or so, to release the flavors. The color of the water should be a light green when you’re finished. 3 Add the mushrooms, and chilies and boil for 2-3 more minutes, until mushrooms are soft. 4 Add the sliced tomato, and cook until soft, probably less than a minute. 5 Turn off the heat. Add your soy sauce, sugar, and at the very end the lime juice. Taste to make sure the flavor is right… It should be very sour & spicy. You may need to add more lime juice depending on how sour your limes are. 6 Transfer to a bowl and garnish with one shrimp and cilantro leaves. 


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Preparation

 1  Add the water/stock to a sauce pan. Crush the lemongrass and cilantro root in a stone mortar & pestle or with the butt of a knife, then add them to the water. Tear the lime leaves to release flavor, and throw them in too along with the galangal.  2  Turn on your heat to medium high, and bring to a boil. Boil your herbs for about 5 minutes or so, to release the flavors. The color of the water should be a light green when you’re finished.  3  Add the mushrooms, and chilies and boil for 2-3 more minutes, until mushrooms are soft.  4  Add the sliced tomato, and cook until soft, probably less than a minute.  5  Turn off the heat. Add your soy sauce, sugar, and at the very end the lime juice. Taste to make sure the flavor is right… It should be very sour & spicy. You may need to add more lime juice depending on how sour your limes are.  6  Transfer to a bowl and garnish with one shrimp and cilantro leaves.

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See my recipe on Kitchinspirations.