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The Best Thai Rice Dishes

Rice with Hot-and-Sour Prawn

(Khao Kap Tom Yam Kung)

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INGREDIENTS

 

3 cups steamed rice, 9 large tiger prawns

200 grams halved straw mushrooms

9 slightly crushed hot chilies

1 lemon grass stem, 5 torn kaffir lime leaves 

1 tablespoon roasted chili paste (nam phrik phao)

2 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice 

4 cups chicken stock

Young kaffir lime leaves, diagonally sliced lemon grass and hot chilies for garnishing

PREPARATION

*Wash, peel and devein the prawns. Discard the heads; leave the tail fins attached.

 

*Remove the outer layer of the lemon grass. Wash and cut diagonally into slices about 1/2 cm thick, Discard the base (about I cm from the roots).

*Heat the chicken stock in a pot until it boils. Add the lemon grass and boil for a short while until fragrant. Cook the straw mushrooms in the chicken stock until almost done. Then add the prawns.

*Season with fish sauce and roasted chili paste. Add the torn kaffir lime leaves and the hot chilies, Bring to a boil once more.

*Serve the soup in a bowl. Garnish with young kaffir lime leaves, diagonally cut lemon grass and hot chilies. Serve with hot steamed rice.

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