Name: Sweet and sour soup with shrimps or Quorn (Tom Yum Kung)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups of water; 1 stick of lemongrass cut into 2 cm long pieces; 3 slices of fresh galangal (if you don't find any galangal, ginger will do); 1-3 teaspoons Tom Yum paste (depending on desired spiciness); ½ Cup of coconut cream; 3-4 fresh shrimps cut open at the back ( or 3 Quorn-filets); ½ Onion chopped; 3 chilli peppers (depending on the desired spiciness); 1 tomato cut into 1 cm pieces; 1 small lime (only juice); 1 tablespoon fish sauce; Coriander leaves (to taste); 1 spring onion quartered; 3 kaffir lime leaves

Sweet and sour soup with shrimps or Quorn (Tom Yum Kung)

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Course Soup

Cuisine Thai

Servings 1 person

Ingredients

1 ½ cups of water
1 stick of lemongrass cut into 2 cm long pieces
3 slices of fresh galangal if you don't find any galangal, ginger will do
1-3 teaspoons Tom Yum paste depending on desired spiciness
½ Cup of coconut cream
3-4 fresh shrimps cut open at the back or 3 Quorn-filets
½ Onion chopped
3 chilli peppers depending on the desired spiciness
1 tomato cut into 1 cm pieces
1 small lime only juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce
Coriander leaves to taste
1 spring onion quartered
3 kaffir lime leaves

Instructions

Bring water, lemongrass, galangal and Tom Yum paste to the boil in a pan.
Add coconut cream and onion pieces and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add shrimps or quorn, bring to the boil again and continue cooking until the shrimps are pink.
Add the chilli and tomato pieces, lime juice and fish sauce and continue cooking for another minute.
Turn off the heat and add coriander leaves, spring onions and kaffir lime leaves.
Mix everything well and serve.