If you are a fan of Asian food, in particular Thai food, you have probably heard of the Tom Yum goong soup. And if you didn’t, you should make sure you will taste it as soon as you can. However, those of you who know what this soup is and are interested in learning how to make it, you are in the right place. This article will provide you with an easy Thai Tom Yum soup recipe and much more interesting information on this dish.
We have always considered that a dish is much tastier and better understood by the readers if its history is known. And there are some interesting facts about this famous Thai soup. Let’s first see where does it come from and what is so special about it. It seems that although most of us know it as a Thai dish, the Tom Yum soup exists both in Laos and Thailand. Moreover, the Tom Yum is served in most of the surrounding countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Luckily, the soup can also be eaten at most of the Thai, Indonesian and other Asian restaurants in the western countries. The Tom Yum is also known as the Tom Yum Gong Crisis, a name that it received during the Asian financial crisis at the end of the 1990s.
The Tom Yum Kung is very famous because of its taste that combines hot and sour flavors, which makes it unique for the westerners and very popular among the Asians. Its main ingredients include fragrant herbs such as lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves. But here is how you can make this soup.
If you are willing to prepare the Thai Tom Yum soup recipe to impress your family and friends with an exotic and delicious dish they will love you will need shrimp, mushrooms, limes, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce, cilantro and chili peppers. For the real taste you can also use nam prig pow, although according to most cooks this ingredient is optional. Start by peeling the shrimp and then put them in a pot with boiling water. After deveining the shrimp, put it aside and start cutting the lemon grass and put it in the boiling water, for approximately 5 minutes. Choose the bowls in which you want to serve the soup and put in them the juice of a lime and the fish sauce. Also, you can add a chili after crushing it, for a spicier dish. You may then add the kaffir lime leaves in the pot, together with the cut mushrooms. You may add the shrimp but do not keep it in boiling water for too long because they are likely to get too tough. Add the liquid to the bowl and then the nam prig pow and season with cilantro. You can then adjust the taste of your soup by adding more fish sauce and chili.
Given that you can find all the ingredients you need in an Asian shop, you are now ready to try and prepare the Tom Yum goong.