Tom Yum Prawns

Name: Tom Yum Prawns
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 400g large prawns, peeled; 200g straw or button mushrooms; 1L chicken or prawn stock; 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised; 5 slices galangal; 6 kaffir lime leaves; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice; 2 tsp chilli paste or 4 bird's eye chillies; 1 tsp sugar; coriander to serve

Fiery Thai lemongrass and galangal prawn soup with mushrooms and lime. Adding the prawns only in the final few minutes keeps them tender instead of turning rubbery from overcooking in the hot broth.

Total time

20 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Thai

gluten-free

Ingredients

400glarge prawns, peeled

200gstraw or button mushrooms

1Lchicken or prawn stock

3 stalkslemongrass, bruised

5 slicesgalangal

6kaffir lime leaves

3 tbspfish sauce

3 tbsplime juice

2 tspchilli paste or 4 bird's eye chillies

1 tspsugar

corianderto serve

Instructions

Bring stock to boil with lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime.

Add mushrooms. Simmer 5 minutes.

Add prawns. Cook 3 minutes.

Add fish sauce, lime juice, chilli paste and sugar.

Adjust seasoning — should be hot, sour and salty.

Garnish with coriander.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

135

Protein

25.1g

Fat

0.5g

Carbs

9.3g

Fiber

0.6g

Sodium

984mg

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