Hot and Sour Mushroom Soup

This classic central That dish is traditionally made with shrimp or chicken, but we prefer using oyster mushrooms since they are just as meaty in texture and yet more subtle in taste. Although it is served as a soup course in North American Thai restaurants, it actually falls somewhere between a soup and a curry. In Thailand, it is served as a condiment to rice, just like any of the other dishes on the table.

Yields:4 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation15 minutes
Cooking15 minutes
Ready In30 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups chicken broth reduced sodium
1/2 pound mushrooms, oyster trimmed, halved
1/4 pound mushrooms straw, trimmed, halved
2 each serrano chiles with seeds, cut into thin strips
1 inch lemongrass fresh
3 tablespoons fish sauce
2 each kaffir lime leaves fresh
3 tablespoons lime juice fresh

Directions

In a medium-sized saucepan, bring stock to a boil and add mushrooms and chilies.

Tie lemon grass and lime leaves or zest together in a cheesecloth bag and add to the stock mixture.

Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender.

Reduce heat to low and add lime juice and fish sauce.

Discard the cheesecloth bag. Serve the soup hot, accompanied by steamed rice.

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haven't tried this recipe yet - sounds good - BUT - why not tell us the oven temperature? A hot oven (to me) just means the oven is ON.

 
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