Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup (Thai)

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Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup (Thai) Ingredients

1 lb Medium shrimp	3 tb Fresh lime juice or to taste
2 Sticks fresh -or-	1 ts Thai chili paste(nam prik
2 tb Dried lemongrass	1 cn (15 oz) straw mushrooms -or-
4 Fresh or dried kaffir lime	12 md Fresh mushrooms
1 tb Finely grated lemon zest	3 Fresh hot green chilies
1 1/2 qt Chicken stock	3 tb Cilantro
1 tb Fish sauce or salt to taste

Instructions for Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup (Thai)

Source: Madhur Jaffreys _Far Eastern Cookery_ Wash, peel, de-vein shrimp. Save shells. Wash shrimp again, drain, pat dry, cover and refrigerate. If using fresh lemongrass, cut each stick into three 2 inch pieces--starting from rounded bottom end. Discard straw-like top. Lightly crush the 6 pieces. In a pan, combine lemongrass, lime leaves, stock, and shrimp shells. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Strain stock, then add fish sauce, lime juice, and chili paste. Adjust fish sauce and lime juice to taste. *Add more chili paste for more heat. Drain straw mushrooms and add to stock. (If using fresh mushrooms, quarter them and drop in lightly salted boiling water. Boil 1 minute. Drain and add to stock.) **The soup can be prepared to this point several hours ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator.** Prepare garnish shortly before serving. Cut green chilies into fine rounds. Wash and dry cilantro. Just before serving, heat the soup, when it begins to boil, drop in peeled shrimp. Cook on medium heat for 2 minutes or just until shrimp turn opaque. Garnish with chilies and cilantro leaves. Serve hot. Posted to rec.food.recipes by sehender@reed.edu (Sarah Henderson) on Sep 6, 93.

Main Ingredient: ShrimpCuisine: Thai