Hot n sour soup

I made this on Monday night. Let's start with a confession, I should say that there is one more serving in my fridge still. Yes, I am well overdue for a clean-up of the fridge.

Recipe:
164. Hot and sour soup

Source: Nigella Bites

Weird ingredients and substitutes: Kaffir lime leaves were available from Safeway. I bought a stick of lemongrass, forgetting that I had a jar of ready-chopped lemongrass in the fridge. I substituted chicken thighs for the prawns, given Hubby's dislike of seafood.

Preparation: Chop up lime leaves, lemongrass, chillies, mushrooms, spring onion and squeeze lime. I wasn't sure whether to count a whole kaffir leaf as both double leaves or not.

Cooking process: Heat chicken stock and tom yam paste, add lime leaves, lemongrass, lime juice, fish sauce, chillies and sugar. I think I also added the chicken early to give it time to cook. Boil, add mushrooms, then spring onions.

End result: Sprinkle with coriander. This soup was so tasty, but it did make my nose run. Hubby really enjoyed it - I think he had two servings for dinner. And it was so quick to make too!


Repeatability: Yes.

Cost: $14 for about 5 servings. The coriander was picked from the garden.

Mess: Not for this dish.

Special utensils: Just a citrus reamer for the lime.