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Thai shrimp soup with coconut milk

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A healthy, delicious and simple to make shrimp and coconut milk soup. The soup is flavored with lime juice, lemon grass, chili, garlic and other typical Thai  ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 stick lemon grass
  • A pinch of chili flakes (or to taste)
  • 2 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 lime juice
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 cup water
  • 6 Chinese dried mushrooms, rehydrated and roughly chopped
  • 2 cup frozen or fresh shrimp (if fresh; if frozen; shelled or thawed)
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1 cup frozen broccoli
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced

Method

In a deep cooking pot add the vegetable oil, chopped onion, ginger, garlic, lemon grass and chili and cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the onion becomes transluscent.

Add the mushrooms and stir fry cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

Add the coconut milk, lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce and water and stir. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer covered for 10 minutes.

Add the peas, broccoli and shrimp and cook over low heat for 10 more minutes, stirring occationally.

Add the spring onions and serve hot.

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