6/15/2550

Tom Yam Gung


THAI TOMYUM GUNG (SHRIMP) / GAI (CHICKEN)




Ingredient :

Stalks of lemon grass 3Shrimps or boneless chicken meat 2 lb

Lime Leaves (kaffir) 6Lemon juice & fish sauce 2Red/green chili peppers 3Straw mushrooms

1 cupThai chily paste 1 1/2 tbCilantro/parsley with soya beans oil (dark redish-brown color), which comes in a jar that can be bought at any Thai grocery


Instructions:

1. Boil some water (half of the pot) in a 1.5 qt sauce pan.

2. Put in lemon grass, and the chili paste.

3. Put in the shrimps and the mushrooms.

4. Let it boil for 10 minutes.

5. Put in the "lime" leaves and sliced chili peppers (1 min).

6. It\'s done!! Now you can mix it in a serving bowl with some lemon juice and fish sauce. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with Thai Jasmine rice.