Thai Hot & Sour Shrimp Soup

I recommend this

I don't recommend this

Details

17 Ingredients

• 1 scallion (white and green parts), coarsely chopped
• 5 fresh basil leaves, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 3 thin slices fresh or frozen galangal (or 2 thin slices fresh, peeled ginger)
• 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup drained canned straw mushrooms (or 3 oz. white mushrooms, quartered)
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bruised with the side of a knife and cut into 1-inch pieces on the diagonal
• 1 Tbs. vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp. chile paste
• 6 cups homemade or low-salt chicken broth
• 4-1/2 tsp. granulated sugar
• 2 Tbs. fish sauce
• 1/2 lb. raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 5 fresh cilantro sprigs, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp. finely chopped garlic
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, cut in half (optional)