Ingredients

1/2 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined

12 mushrooms, halved

1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained

4 cups water

2 lemon grass

4 kaffir lime leaves

4 slices galangal

4 chile padi (bird's eye chiles)

1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce

1 1/2 limes, juiced

1 teaspoon white sugar

1 teaspoon hot chile paste

1 tablespoon tom yum soup paste (optional)


Directions

Prep    10 m     Cook    40 m    Ready In    50 m


1.Trim lemongrass and cut into matchstick size pieces.


2.To make stock: Add the shrimp heads and shells to water, then cook for 20 minutes.