Modified: by Stefanie Fauquet · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments
This Tom Yum Soup recipe is as authentic as it gets! The recipe came straight from Thailand and is the perfect balance of hot and sour flavors.
Before I left for my first trip to Thailand, I made a list of quintessential food items that I had to try while there. Among them was Tom Yum Soup.
Tom Yum Soup
I wish I could say that I had my first taste of Tom Yum Soup at a local Thai restaurant, or anywhere more authentic than Trader Joe's — but that's exactly where I tried it from (frozen no less!), and ultimately fell in love with the soup's hot and sour flavors.
I didn't have to wait long to get my first bowl of authentic Tom Yum Soup when I arrived in Thailand because I booked a cooking lesson at Silom Thai Cooking School in Bangkok onmy very first day. This decision turned out to be one of the best experiences I had in Asia! Not only did I learn how to make authentic Tom Yum Soup like a pro, but I also got to take the recipe home to prepare again and again!
I ate a lot of food while in Thailand, including Pad Thai, Yellow Curry, Green Curry and Mango with Sticky Rice, and I think this version of Tom Yum Soup was my favorite. It's a relatively easy dish to make, and there's a substitute for items you can't find at your grocery store or local market. For instance, you can substitute lime zest for Kaffir lime leaves and soy sauce for fish sauce.
Tom Yum Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Tom Yum Soup:
- ½ cup medium-sized shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 mushroom, quartered
- 1 stalk lemongrass, cut into pieces
- 3 Kaffir lime leaves, torn in half
- 10 slices Galangal or ginger
- ½ tablespoon fish sauce
- ¼ tablespoon lime juice
- 1 cup chicken stock or water
- ½ tomato, quartered
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 tablespoon green onions, chopped
- ½ tablespoon Thai chili paste
- 2 tablespoons coconut milk
- 2-3 red Thai chili sliced (if you like it hot!)
How to Make Tom Yum Soup:
1. Put lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, mushrooms, chilies and tomato into the water and bring to a boil. Cook until tender.
2. Add shrimp and cook until pink.
3. Add coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce and Thai chilies paste.
4. Serve hot and garnish with fresh cilantro and green onions.
5 from 3 votes
Authentic Tom Yum Soup Recipe
This Tom Yum Soup recipe is legit—straight from Bangkok, Thailand, courtesy of Silom Thai Cooking School.
Servings: 2
Author: Stefanie Fauquet
Ingredients
- ½cupmedium-sized shrimppeeled and deveined
- 1mushroomquartered
- 1stalk lemongrasscut into pieces
- 3Kaffir lime leavestorn in half
- 10slicesGalangal or ginger
- ½tablespoonfish sauce
- ¼tablespoonlime juice
- 1cupchicken stock or water
- ½ tomatoquartered
- 1tablespoonfresh cilantrochopped
- 1tablespoongreen onionschopped
- ½tablespoonThai chili paste
- 2tablespoonscoconut milk
- 2-3red Thai chilisliced (if you like it hot!)
Instructions
Put lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, mushrooms, chilies and tomato into the water and bring to a boil. Cook until tender.
Add shrimp and cook until pink.
Add coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce and Thai chilies paste.
Serve hot and garnish with fresh cilantro and green onions.
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Reader Interactions
Comments
Marie-Eve
Absolutely delicious!!! I can't wait to do this recipe again. Flavours are just as perfect as it can be! so glad I found this recipe!Reply
Stefanie Fauquet
I'm so glad you enjoyed it as much as I did!
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Stacie
One of the best things about traveling is the dining! It sounds like you've transported us all with a great recipe.
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Gwen Arredondo
I was there in February and I got to go to class at that school as well! What a treat! 🙂 Hands down my favorite thing I did in Thailand!Reply
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