Hot-and-Sour Soup with Shrimp

Name: Hot-and-Sour Soup with Shrimp
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: Makes 4 adult portions
Ingredients: 7 ounces shelled jumbo shrimp; 3 fresh or dried kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces; a few cilantro leaves, for sprinkling; 1 cup halved baby plum tomatoes; 4 scallions, thinly sliced; juice of 1½ limes; 1½ cups thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms; ¼ teaspoon chili paste; 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce; 2 lemongrass stalks; 4⅓ cups vegetable stock; 3½ ounces vermicelli rice noodles; 1½ teaspoons sugar; ½ teaspoon sea salt

Preparation info

Makes
4
adult portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Madhouse Cookbook

By Jo Pratt

Published 2013

About

This light and flavorsome soup really has the wow factor—but the wonderful reality is that it’s amazingly easy to make. If you want a change from shrimp, try using sliced chicken or tofu instead.

Ingredients

7 ounces shelled jumbo shrimp
½ teaspoon sea salt
1½ teas

Starter
Pescatarian
Soup
Spicy

Method

Put the shrimp in a small nonmetallic bowl and stir in the salt and ½ teaspoon of the sugar. This will really bring out their flavor. Break the noodles into about 2-inch-long pieces and soak them in hot water a couple minutes to soften. (You can get all the ingredients ready a