Tom Yum Soup With Pineapple Recipes

TOM YUM SOUP (THAI SOUP)

Steps:

• Peel the prawns. Place heads and shell in pot, reserve meat.
• Use a meat mallet or similar to bash the garlic, chilli and lemongrass so they burst open to release flavour. Add into pot.
• Crush kaffir lime leaves with your hands. Add into pot.
• Add galangal, stock and water. Bring to simmer on high heat, cover, then reduce to medium and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Strain the broth, discard the prawn shells etc, then return broth into same pot over low heat.
• Add onions and mushrooms, simmer 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, simmer for 1 minute.
• Add prawns, simmer 2 minutes or until just cooked.
• Stir in sugar and fish sauce, simmer for 1 minute.
• Add lime juice, then taste. Adjust sweet (sugar), salt (fish sauce) and sour (lime) to your taste (trust me, you'll know when you like it!).
• Ladle into bowls and serve with fresh coriander and fresh chilli! This is the CLEAR version of Tom Yum.
• When you add sugar, also add Thai Chilli Paste and evaporated milk.
• Then continue with recipe!
• Following Creamy Tom Yum steps but use coconut milk instead of evaporated milk.

TOM YUM SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel the shell and head off the shrimp, keep the tails on. Save the shell and shrimp head. Devein the shrimp and set aside.
• In a pot, bring 3 cups of water to boil. Add the shrimp head and shell to make shrimp stock. Boil until the water turns slightly orange in color. Press the shrimp heads with a spatula to extract the juice from the heads. Simmer and let the stock reduce to 2 1/2 cups. Drain the shrimp stock and discard the shrimp heads and shells.
• Turn the heat to high and add the lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, bird's eye chilies, mushroom, nam prik pao and nam prik pao oil to the shrimp stock. Bring it to boil.
• Add in the shrimp and fish sauce. Lastly, add the lime juice (if you add lime juice too early, the soup might turn bitter). Boil until the shrimps are cooked, dish out, and garnish with cilantro leaves. Serve immediately.

HOMEMADE TOM YUM SOUP

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth and shrimp in a pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a low boil for 10 minutes, then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove shrimp from the broth and remove and discard shells; set shrimp aside.
• Add lime juice, lime pulp, chile peppers, lemon grass, tom yum paste, fish sauce, sugar, chile sauce, and ginger slices to the broth; cook for 10 minutes. Remove chile peppers, lemongrass, and ginger slices with a slotted spoon and discard. Add cooked shrimp and remove from the heat.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with mushroom slices and green onions.

TOM YUM SOUP WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Place lemongrass and minced ginger in a large saucepan with broth, jalapeños and lime zest. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer; cover and cook for 15 minutes. Strain into a bowl. Discard solids.
• Return the broth to the pan. Add pineapple, mushrooms, tomato, fish sauce and sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• Add shrimp and cook until they are pink and just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in lime juice, scallions, and cilantro.