Tom Yum is a staple soup here in Thailand and it is deeeelish! The most commonly eaten variety is Tom Yum Goong (Tom Yum Soup with Prawn/Shrimp) but it can be made with any meat or even tofu if you are vege. It is totally one of the easiest soups you will ever make and its fresh, firey and sour and good for the soul too.
Ingredients:
1 x chilli
1 x kaffir lime leaf
1-2 pieces of coriander
1/4 tomato
1 mushroom (I usually add more tho!)
I small red-onion or shallot
prawns/chicken
Water
Chilli Jam Paste
2. Bruise the chilli and chop into smaller pieces if you like your soup spicy. If not, add the chilli whole to the soup.
3. Remove the hard stem from the kaffir lime leaf and then tear remaining leaf into pieces and add to the water with the chopped shallot.
4. Bring water to the boil and add mushrooms that have been quartered and the tomato that has been chopped into chunks.
5. Add meat and chilli jam paste and cook until meat is done - 5 min or so.
Eat! yum yum!!
