Tom Yam Classic

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Boil the chicken breast to get 300 ml of rich delicious broth. And while the meat is cooking (no need to salt the broth!), we will prepare the remaining components. Let's start with spices (I had a tom yam soup set made from basic ingredients).

2. Step 2:

   

   Let's chop lemongrass. Cut the galangal. Chili peppers are not planed, we put them whole. The leaves of kaffir lime I got such a rich color that it was a pity to cut them, but I picked them into small slices. Keep in mind - all this can be put in whole, because these spices are not eaten (they are left in a plate for beauty or for flavor, or taken out altogether, especially if crushed).

3. Step 3:

   

   We will send all this to the broth (taking out the meat and shrimp heads and shells, if you put them).

4. Step 4:

   

   After five minutes of quiet boiling, add 1 tsp of chili paste to the broth (it is spicy, so it is not necessary to salt), and cut dry and clean champignons into quarters (if the mushrooms are small).

5. Step 5:

   

   Cut the onion into slices.

7. Step 6:

   

   Tomatoes are also shredded in the same format.

8. Step 7:

   

   If you have fresh shrimp (preferably royal), peel them well. If frozen, defrost initially.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put onions and mushrooms in the soup.

10. Step 9:

    

    After 10 minutes, we will send the shrimp, tomato and fish sauce (0.25 tsp) to the saucepan. After stirring everything, bring it to a boil and turn off the gas after a minute. Everything will boil over, don't worry. After all, after switching off, the processes in the pan do not stop.

11. Step 10:

    

    Squeeze lemon juice into the soup, sprinkle with chopped coriander or other herbs. Let's taste it and balance it for salt and sugar. After trying this Thai soup, you will forget everything in the world. It will turn out so delicious!