(Serves 6 people)
1,200 ml Chicken Stock (Homemade best but stock
cubes taste ok)
90 g Tom
Yam Paste (Mae Ploy is very good and widely available in Ireland)
3 Stalks Lemongrass – chopped & bruised (keeps
well in freezer)
6 no. Dried
Kaffir Lime Leaves
2 no. Limes – juiced.
60 ml Fish
Sauce (Squid brand widely available in Ireland)
30 ml Sugar
Sprinkle Fresh Coriander - chopped
Prawns or Thin Sliced Mushrooms or Shredded Cooked Chicken
- Boil the stock – add paste, lemongrass, lime
leaves & lime juice. Simmer 20
mins
- Add fish sauce and sugar to get a balanced salt-sour-sweet-hot
taste (may need to add a little more paste)
- Strain out the foliage, add choice of prawns, mushrooms or
chicken and sprinkle fresh coriander on each bowl
