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Tom yum soup
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Tom yum soup

17 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 2 openrecipes
Tom yum soup

Classic tom yum soup with all the hot sour flavours you'd expect. Packed with herbs, spices and vegetables.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

372
Calories
58g
Protein
4g
Fat
27g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Water not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Galangal not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 litre/2 pints chicken stock
  • 300ml/11fl oz water
  • 6 sticks lemongrass
  • 4 fresh coriander
  • 110g/4oz fresh galangal
  • 8 tomatoes, cut into quarters, seeds
  • 6 kaffir lime leaves
  • 1-2 limes
  • 75ml/3fl oz tamarindtamarindtamarindtamarind
  • 3 red chillies, thinly sliced
  • 75ml/3fl oz fish sauce
  • 75g/3oz palm sugar (available from Asian supermarkets), use brown sugar
  • 12 raw tiger prawns
  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 small bunch fresh coriander
  • 1 small bunch fresh Thai basil
  • wedges lime

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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