Hot and Sour thai Soup

Name: Hot and Sour thai Soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 8 cups chicken broth; 2 stalks fresh lemongrass sliced on a bias in 2-inch pieces; 4 kaffir lime leaves; 1-inch piece fresh ginger sliced; 2 red chiles; 2 Tbsp fish sauce; 1 1/2 tsp sugar (or sugar supplement); 2 limes juiced; 2 green onions sliced; 1 handful fresh cilantro; ** You can also add anything else to the soup you like (E.g. potatoes peeled shrimp cooked chicken tofu carrot mushrooms etc)

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Minutes to Prepare: 10
Minutes to Cook: 15

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

8 cups chicken broth2 stalks fresh lemongrass, sliced on a bias in 2-inch pieces4 kaffir lime leaves1-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced2 red chiles2 Tbsp fish sauce1 1/2 tsp sugar (or sugar supplement)2 limes, juiced2 green onions, sliced1 handful fresh cilantro** You can also add anything else to the soup you like (E.g. potatoes, peeled shrimp, cooked chicken, tofu, carrot, mushrooms, etc)

Directions

Bring stock to a boil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, and chiles. Lower the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes to let the spices infuse the broth.

Uncover and add the fish sauce, sugar, and other vegetables that you choose to include (such as potato, mushrooms, carrot). Simmer for 5 minutes. (If you include shrimp, chicken, toss in and cook for 8 min).

Remove from heat and add lime juice, green onions, and cilantro. Taste for salt and spices- you should have an equal balance of spicy, salty, and sour.

NOTE: Lemongrass and lime leaves are for flavour only and should not be eaten! (If you like, you can strain these out after broth is infused).

Makes 6 servings.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JEFFRE8.

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 68.8
Total Fat: 1.4 g
Cholesterol: 6.7 mg
Sodium: 1,745.0 mg
Total Carbs: 13.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
Protein: 2.0 g

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Member Reviews

FISHGUT3
thanks - 2/5/21
ANHELIC
Looking forward to making this soup. I have made others, but this one sounds really great, different and healthy. Thanks for sharing - 12/6/19
CHERIRIDDELL
excellent - 3/21/18
CHANILYE
This had a great flavour, was as good as in a restaurant. I omitted the lime leaves and used some chili garlic sauce and a bit of lime hot sauce instead of the chilies. - 1/6/11
ZOOFEMME
This recipe is an exact duplicate of the one I have been using for the past 5 yrs and it doesn't get any better! When I can't find the lime leaves I use the zest of a sm. lime instead. The ingredients also dictate the stock base- seafood= a shrimp or dashi base while chicken or pork= chicken/veg. - 10/20/10
EIREANN7777
This is sooooo good!! It tastes just like it does at the restaurant!!! I couldn't find any Kaffir Lime Leaves...so I did without...and added some bean sprouts (the canned kind) and a few shrimp...it was AMAZING!! Thanks for this recipe!!!! - 6/22/10