http://leitesculinaria.com/16955/recipes-thai-hot-sour-soup.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://leitesculinaria.com/16955/recipes-thai-hot-sour-soup.html#comment-45931 Testers Choice Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:44:47 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=16955#comment-45931 [Sofia R.] I was excited to try to make this recipe once our Thai international student was finally home with us. The process is tedious, so it is smart to organize all the ingredients and their portions ahead of time, prior to actually cooking. I decided to use a mixture of fish and shrimp stock instead of simply the water. Make sure whatever you use does not have salt added, though. Also, due to the fact that my daughters are not as used to eating food as spicy as Thais are, once I strained the broth, I decided to add two more peppers into a small saucepan, then added some broth and let it simmer while finishing the soup. This was then added to the bowls of my Thai daughter, my husband, and myself. Everyone absolutely loved the soup, filled with the typical Thai tastes of lemon grass, the special lime leaves, etc. My Thai daughter liked it also a lot, and said that it did remind her of the Thai tastes, but not quite the typical Tom Yum soup she is used to from back home. She promised she would do it her way sometime soon so that we could compare. A word of advice... careful with how much fish sauce you add. Make sure to taste the soup prior to adding it, so the soup will not turn out too salty. [Sofia R.] I was excited to try to make this recipe once our Thai international student was finally home with us. The process is tedious, so it is smart to organize all the ingredients and their portions ahead of time, prior to actually cooking. I decided to use a mixture of fish and shrimp stock instead of simply the water. Make sure whatever you use does not have salt added, though. Also, due to the fact that my daughters are not as used to eating food as spicy as Thais are, once I strained the broth, I decided to add two more peppers into a small saucepan, then added some broth and let it simmer while finishing the soup. This was then added to the bowls of my Thai daughter, my husband, and myself. Everyone absolutely loved the soup, filled with the typical Thai tastes of lemon grass, the special lime leaves, etc. My Thai daughter liked it also a lot, and said that it did remind her of the Thai tastes, but not quite the typical Tom Yum soup she is used to from back home. She promised she would do it her way sometime soon so that we could compare. A word of advice… careful with how much fish sauce you add. Make sure to taste the soup prior to adding it, so the soup will not turn out too salty.

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