Tom Yum Goong Soup
Tom Yum Goong Soup is a tangy, robust, and aromatic soup made with tofu, shrimp, and mushrooms. You can customize the soup with other vegetables and fungi. This recipe does not call for coconut milk, but its addition is optional. Serve this soup with steamed rice or salad.
Equipment
- clay pot
Ingredients
For the marinade:
- 12 shrimp
- 3 Thai bird's eye chili
- 1 cilantro root
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1½ tbsp galangal sliced
For the soup:
- 1 tsp Thai red curry paste
- 1½ tbsp tamarind pulp
- ¼ lb oyster mushroom
- 2 tsp coconut palm sugar
- 1½ cup tofu cubed
- 2 lemon grass
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 1 lime juice
- 6 broccoli floret
- 8 cup stock or water
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 4 sprig cilantro
- 1½ tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 1 tsp white pepper ground
Instructions
Prepare the marinade:
- Grind the ingredients for the marinade in a stone mortar and pestle or grinder.
- Marinate the cleaned shrimp for 15 minutes.
How to make the soup:
- Crush the lemon grass stalks using a stone mortar and pestle or the side of a knife.
- Heat a clay pot, add peanut oil and sauté the lemon grass and shrimp for 3 minutes.
- Add the palm sugar, stock or water, tamarind pulp, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Heat another pan, sauté tofu cubes with the Thai curry paste for 2 minutes.
- Saute the mushrooms, onion, broccoli florets, salt, pepper, tomato for 2 minutes.
- Add the sautéed veggies and tofu to the soup.
- Season the soup with fish sauce and soy sauce. Turn off the heat and add the lime juice, lime zest, and cilantro. Serve hot in a bowl after removing the lemon grass stalks.
Notes
- Cook the slices of tomato towards the end so that they do not become mushy in the soup.
- Overcooking the vegetables will make them too soggy and mushy. You want the veggies to be cooked with a slight crunch.
Nutrition
Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 15gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 433mgPotassium: 265mgFiber: 6gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 478IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 133mgIron: 4mg
