Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 large chicken breast (diced)
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 4 c chicken broth
  • 2 T lime juice
  • 1 T chili sauce
  • 3 stalks lemongrass (smashed and quartered)
  • 2 T Tom Yum paste
  • 1 ½ T fish sauce
  • 1 T white sugar
  • 4 ginger slices (¼ thick)
  • 1 carrot (thinly sliced)
  • 10 mushrooms (sliced)
  • 20 pea pods (thinly sliced)
  • ½ small cucumber (thinly sliced)
  • 2 green onions (sliced)

    • Directions

    1. Fry diced chicken in olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
    2. Place chicken broth in a medium saucepan.
    3. Add all other ingredients (save for pea pods, cucumber, and green onions) to chicken broth and simmer for 10 minutes.
    4. Add pea pods, cucumber, and green onions and simmer for another minute (just until warm).
    5. Garnish with green onions and serve.

    Notes

  • Makes about 6 cups.

    • Category

  • Soup

    • Keywords

  • Chicken
  • Coconut Milk
  • Cucumber
  • Lemongrass
  • Mushrooms
  • Pea Pods
  • Tom Yum Paste

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