Creamy, spicey coconut soup with shrimp and mushrooms

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Name: Thai Coconut Soup with Shrimp
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 cans coconut milk; 1 tablespoon coconut oil; 3 tablespoons ginger or ginger paste; 4 teaspoons red curry paste; 2 tablespoons lemon grass paste; 4 cups chicken broth; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1/2 pound shitake mushrooms sliced; 1 pound shrimp cleaned, peeled; 1/2 lime just juice, squeeze into soup; 1 pinch salt to taste; 1/4 cup cilantro chopped; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes to taste

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INGREDIENTS

3 cans coconut milk
1 tablespoon coconut oil
3 tablespoons ginger or ginger paste
4 teaspoons red curry paste
2 tablespoons lemon grass paste
4 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 pound shitake mushrooms ; sliced
1 pound shrimp ; cleaned, peeled
1/2 lime ; just juice, squeeze into soup
1 pinch salt ; to taste
1/4 cup cilantro ; chopped
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes ; to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oil in a large soup pot. Add ginger paste, lemongrass paste, and curry paste. Stir and cook for 1 minute. Add chicken broth slowly. Add fish sauce and brown sugar. Simmer slowly for 15 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and mushrooms. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Add shrimp. Cook no longer than 5 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Season with salt and red pepper flakes, if needed. Garnish with cilantro.

Serve over rice.

NOTES

Soup can be prepared ahead of time but don't add mushrooms or shrimp until just a few minutes before serving. Serve over rice.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (730g)
Recipe Makes: 8 Servings

Calories: 1472
Calories from Fat: 879 (60%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 97.7g	130 %
	Saturated Fat 28.6g	143 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 39g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 21.4g
Cholesterol 546.2mg		168 %
Sodium 1041.2mg		36 %
Potassium 1598.9mg		42 %
Total Carbohydrate 16.6g		5 %
	Dietary Fiber 4.3g	17 %
	Sugars, other 12.3g
Protein 127.8g		183 %
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Calories per serving: 1472

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