Recipe for Sour and Spicy Prawn Soup 
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Yield:
4
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
Tom Yam Kung
6 lrg raw prawns
3 cup chicken stock
56 x chillies (yellow are the hottest otherwise try Fresh red chillies)
5 slc galangal (this is a slim finger root, use root ginger if you cant find it but in a smaller quantity as galangal is more delicate)
1 x stem lemon grass (take out the hard centre choke and cut into short sections)
4 tbl lime juice
3 tbl Nam Pla (Thai fish sauce use a light soya sauce if you cont find the real thing)
Instructions:
Instructions: Approx 1 tbsp coarsely chopped coriander leaves

Shell and de vein the prawns then wash them thoroughly.

Heat the stock to boiling add the lemon grass galangol and prawns Season with lime juice chillies and fish sauce.

Add the chopped coriander and mushrooms.

Remove from the heat and serve hot.

Do not allow the dish to boil for more than a few seconds after adding the prawns or they will go tough and rubbery.

If using the small pre cooked prawns add them at the very last minute and simply heat through.

You can substitute any white fish cut into chunks for the prawns Cant find lime juice? Use 23 tablespoons of cordial the sweetness wi!l be disguised by the fieriness of the chillies.

Serves 4

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