Authentic Thai Coconut Soup

Prep:

35 m

Cook:

30 m

Ready in:

1 h 5 m

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Servings: 8

Vegetable oil

1 tbsp.

Fresh ginger

2 tbsp., grated

Lemon grass

1 stalk, minced

Red curry paste

3 tsp.

Chicken broth

4 cups

Fish sauce

3 tbsp.

Light brown sugar

1 tbsp.

Coconut milk

3 (13.5 oz.) cans

Fresh shiitake mushrooms

½ lb., sliced

Medium shrimp

1 lb., peeled and deveined

Fresh lime juice

2 tsp.

Salt

to taste

Fresh cilantro

¼ cup, chopped

Prepare a large pot, add oil, and heat it over a medium heat.
Add ginger, lemongrass, and curry paste and cook them in the heated oil for 1 minute.
Pour the chicken broth over the mixture slowly and cook, stirring constantly.
Add the fish sauce and brown sugar, stir well, and let the dish simmer for about 15 minutes.
Add the coconut milk and mushrooms and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until the mushrooms are soft.
Add shrimp and cook for about 5 minutes or until no longer translucent.
Add the lime juice and stir. Season with salt and garnish with cilantro.

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