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Last updated: 31 Mar 2009

Devil's Tom Yum Soup

Recipe by: FAIQAH  |  Photo by: Allrecipes
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  • Serves: 8
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Ready in: 40 mins (5 mins Prep - 25 mins Cook)
You can easily get the ingredients in any Asian supermarket. But be careful, this is super spicy - which is the best way to eat Tom Yum! You can use chicken instead of fish if you prefer.

Ingredients

  • 500g (1 lb) king prawns, heads removed but reserved for stock
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 2 sticks lemon grass (1 layer of skin peeled, and head slightly crushed to release aroma)
  • 5 lime leaves
  • 5 shallots, sliced thinly
  • 5 slices galangal or Thai ginger
  • 10 bird's-eye chillies, very thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon chilli paste
  • 4 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 large squid, cleaned and sliced into rings
  • 125g (4 1/4 oz) baby corn
  • 100g (3 3/4 oz) Chinese straw mushrooms
  • 3 tomatoes, quartered
  • 100ml coconut milk
  • Salt to taste

Preparation method

  1.   To make the stock: bring 1 litre of water in a large saucepan to the boil. Add the prawns heads only and simmer for 15 minutes. When 15 minutes is up, remove the heads - this liquid becomes the stock for the soup.
  2.   Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan and saute the garlic, lemon grass, lime leaves, shallots, galangal and chillies for 3 minutes over medium heat.
  3.   Add the chilli paste and stir for additional 1 minute. Add the chicken breast and pour in the lime juice. Let simmer for another few minutes.
  4.   Pour the spicy mixture from the pan into the stock and bring back to the boil. Add the squid, baby corn, mushrooms, tomatoes and prawns.
  5.   Turn down the heat, pour in the coconut milk and let simmer for another few minutes.
  6.   Add salt to taste and serve hot.
    

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    Review: adamseager

    NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!!! When FAIQAH said this soup was super spicey, they weren't kidding! The recipe was easy enough to follow and the soup did taste great, however, if I made it again I'd personally only put half the chillis in! If you like mega spicey food, to the point where it is a challenge, then this recipe is perfect. It also cured my cold!!!


    Posted: 31 Mar 2009 Easy

        
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