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Name: Spicy Shrimp Soup with Lemon Grass
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 c Fresh lime juice; 2 tb green onions Slice; 1 Stalk fresh lemon grass; 1 tb Fish sauce (up to 4); 4 c Water; 1 tb Chinese parsley Chopped; 1 Red chili peppers seeded; 1/2 lb Shrimp; 1 cn Straw mushrooms (8 oz.); 2 Kaffir lime leaves; sprigs Chinese parsley

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INGREDIENTS

1/4 c Fresh lime juice
2 tb green onions ; Slice
1 Stalk fresh lemon grass
GARNISH
1 tb Fish sauce ; (up to 4)
4 c Water
1 tb Chinese parsley ; Chopped
1 Red chili peppers ; seeded
1/2 lb Shrimp
1 cn Straw mushrooms ; (8 oz.)
2 Kaffir lime leaves
sprigs Chinese parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Devein shrimp; leave shells on for color, if desired. Bring water to a boil. Add lemon grass, straw mushrooms and kaffir lime leaves; immediately reduce heat to medium-low. Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes; stir in fish sauce and lime juince. Sprinkle with green onions. Chinese parsley and red chili peppers, if desired. Serve hot. Garnish with Chinese parsley sprigs. Makes 4 servings. Note: Fresh mushroom can be substituted for hte canned mushrooms, but add at end of cooking time. (This is the most popular soup served at Keos, the well-known gourmet Thai restaurant in Honolulu.) source: Keos Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone (1985). Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by The Old Bear on May 16, 1998

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Spicy Shrimp Soup with Lemon Grass

1/4 c Fresh lime juice
2 tb green onions Slice
1 Stalk fresh lemon grass
 GARNISH
1 tb Fish sauce (up to 4)
4 c Water
1 tb Chinese parsley Chopped
1 Red chili peppers seeded
1/2 lb Shrimp
1 cn Straw mushrooms (8 oz.)
2 Kaffir lime leaves
 sprigs Chinese parsley

Devein shrimp; leave shells on for color, if desired. Bring water to a  boil. Add lemon grass, straw mushrooms and kaffir lime leaves; immediately  reduce heat to medium-low. Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes; stir in fish  sauce and lime juince. Sprinkle with green onions. Chinese parsley and red  chili peppers, if desired. Serve hot. Garnish with Chinese parsley sprigs.  Makes 4 servings.    Note: Fresh mushroom can be substituted for hte canned mushrooms, but add  at end of cooking time.    (This is the most popular soup served at Keos, the well-known gourmet Thai  restaurant in Honolulu.)    source: Keos Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone (1985).    Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by The Old Bear <oldbear@arctos.com> on May  16, 1998

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (1083g)
Recipe Makes: 1

Calories: 346
Calories from Fat: 51 (15%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 5.6g	8 %
	Saturated Fat 1g	5 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 0.6g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 2.2g
Cholesterol 340.5mg		105 %
Sodium 2601.3mg		90 %
Potassium 864.4mg		23 %
Total Carbohydrate 20.7g		6 %
	Dietary Fiber 6.5g	26 %
	Sugars, other 14.2g
Protein 56.1g		80 %
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