Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time	25 mins
Total Time	25 mins
Course	Soup
Cuisine	European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

700 ml chicken broth
3 stalks lemongrass, chopped 5 mm in size
3 kaffir lime leaves, torn into small pieces
12 shrimp (s), peeled, but headed
150 g mushrooms, halved
5 small chilli pepper (s), fresh, green
10 g coriander reens, cut into 2 cm pieces
3 tablespoon lime juice or lemon juice
0.5 tablespoon ½ fish sauce

Instructions

Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan. Add lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, then add shrimp and mushrooms. As soon as the prawns are cooked after 8 to 10 minutes, remove the pan from the hob and add the remaining ingredients. Let stand for 5 minutes, then season to taste. Possibly add fish sauce or lime juice or break the chilli peppers so that they are even more spicy. The soup should taste sour, piquant and slightly salty.
Serve rice as a side dish.

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