Thai-Style Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

This irresistible soup is easy and fun to make because the basic ingredients are so flavorful that they seem to cover all the major tastes—sweet, sour, and hot—and you need only a little broth to round it out and give it body. Perhaps it is this combination of robust flavors served in a light soup that has made Thai cooking so popular.

For the soup to be authentic, you’ll need a few unusual ingredients such as lemongrass and fish sauce (nam pla), but the joy of this soup is t