Hi Guys,
I thought I would share a classic Thai meal with you guys, we eat it really often. You can cook this soup with Chicken too but seafood is best. The 2 best meats are crayfish or Coral Trout, luckily i got a small trout last week so we put it to good use. I will first run through the ingredients and then the steps to cooking it and then some photos at the end...........Enjoy
This is for 2 people
500grm of fresh coral trout or your chosen meat, chicken, prawn, cray or other fish (sliced into 2" pieces)
500grm of mushrooms, anything from shitake to button mushrooms works, cubed
250grm tomatoes, cubed
2 limes
handful of mouse shit chilies, i guess any other spicy chilies could work
Galangal, about as big as your thumb, chop it into 5 pieces. you can get it at the Asian mkt
lemon grass 5 stalks, just the bottom of the stalks about 1" long, pound them and them score them
thai red chili paste 2 tea spoons
fish sauce to taste
brown sugar 1 tea spoon
full fat milk to taste
5 lime leaves, crush them in your hand then rip them up
one stock cube, fish or chicken
some chopped coriander
step one.
boil 3 cups of water and add the lemon grass and Galangal, add one tble spoon of fish sauce and the stock cube..... bring to boil.
step 2,
Give it all a good stir then reduce to simmer and add the beautiful coral trout, DO NOT STIR AFTER ADDING TH FISH, wait for the water to boil again then scoop the froth off the top of the soup.
Step 3.
Add the mushrooms, tomatoes and lime leaves then one cup of full fat milk and turn the heat down to keep it warm.
Step 4.
Get your big serving bowl and add the juice of two limes, the chili (if you crush the chili first it will make the dish hotter, just add a few first and see how you go, you can always add more to taste.) Add 2 tea spoons of the chili paste and mix it all up with the chili and lime juice. Add a pinch of brown sugar and stir it in.
Step 5.
Now add your soup from the pot, it will be a white colour and wont look like tom yam just yet, once it mixes with the paste and juice in the bowel it will get that awesome tom yam colour and flavour!! give it a gentle stir in the serving bowl. Now add the Fish, mushrooms and tomato to your soup, being careful not to break the fish up as you do so.
Step 6.
Chuck some coriander on the top, it tastes good and makes you look like a boss. If you end up adding to much chili then don’t sweat it, sorry i had to say that :D, just add a bit of milk to bring the tone of the soup down a bit. Serve with steamed rice.
Step 7.
EAT!!!! A glass of milk will cool your mouth down if you gets the burns, ice cream, yogurt are just as good. Unfortunately beer is terrible for a burning mouth.....
If you have any soup left over then hold onto it and you can make a super quick and easy meal with it. Just strain the soup into a pot, bring it to the boil, throw in some instant noodles and wait a few minutes..... job done! they taste great!!
