This Thai coconut soup is full of authentic, bold, and delicious Thai flavors. This is the best Thai soup recipe out there — you won't be disappointed with this one! Serve over steamed rice.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp
- fresh ginger: 2 Tbsp (grated)
- red curry paste: 2 tsp
- stalk lemon grass: 1 piece (minced)
- chicken broth: 4 cups
- fish sauce: 3 Tbsp
- light brown sugar: 1 Tbsp
- coconut milk: 3 cans (13.5 ounce cans)
- shiitake mushrooms: 0.5 pound (sliced, fresh)
- medium shrimp: 1 pound (peeled and deveined)
- lime juice: 2 Tbsp (fresh)
- salt: (to taste)
- fresh cilantro: 0.25 cup (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add ginger, curry paste, and lemongrass; cook and stir in the hot oil for 1 minute. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Gradually stir in chicken broth, then stir in fish sauce and brown sugar; reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add shrimp; cook until no longer translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in lime juice; season with salt and garnish with cilantro. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
