Spicy Tom Yam Zuppe di Pesce

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 20 min
  • Cook: 35 min
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Ingredients

1 pound whole shrimp

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

3 tablespoons fish sauce

1 tablespoon hot chili paste

1 tablespoon raw sugar

4 kaffir lime leaves

3 red Thai chiles

3 stalks lemongrass, tough outer layers removed, cut into 1-inch pieces

One 2-inch piece galangal, peeled

1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved

2 cups straw mushrooms

8 ounces tilapia or other white fish, cut into 1-inch chunks

20 manila clams

Directions

  1. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a pot. Meanwhile, peel and devein the shrimp, reserving the heads and shells. Throw the heads and shells into the boiling water and set the meat aside. Simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit and stew for another 20 minutes. Strain the broth into a clean pot lined with cheesecloth. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, chili paste, raw sugar, lime leaves, chiles, lemongrass, galangal and cherry tomatoes to the shrimp broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms, tilapia, clams and reserved shrimp and cook until the clams have opened, about 5 minutes. Discard any unopened clams and the galangal. Divide the soup among bowls and enjoy.

Margaret C.

This recipe was insanely delicious, and so easy to make! The crazy awesome thing was how adaptable it was. I couldn't get ahold of some of the ingredients so I made a few changes but it still tasted amazing and was easy to cook. <div><br /></div><div>Changes Made:</div><div>* shrimp had no heads </div><div>* lime zest instead of lime leaves </div><div>* prepared grated lemongrass instead of stalks</div><div>* ginger instead of galangal</div><div>* button mushrooms instead of straw mushrooms </div><div>* frozen deshelled clams instead of fresh shelled clams</div>

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