Tom yum always reminds me of Kimchi Jjigae, my comfort food from Korea. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the broth smells bright and fragrant. Hey Paul, thank you very much, glad you love to cook as well, and that you can get many of the ingredients. Keep up the great work, your videos and recipes are nothing short of awesome. The mushrooms and onions should be soft, and then its ready. I made this tonight with just a couple of substitutions to be closer to what I used to get at my favorite Thai restaurant (long ago burned down) in Memphis. You might not be able to necessarily taste the lemongrass and makrut lime leaves, but these aromatics should hit your nose while you slurp. Overall, 75% of the time I like tom yum goong nam sai ( clear version) because its so pure and clear and tastes quite healthy. I never seen thai people used garlic for Tom Yum. 2 spring onions, trimmed and thinly sliced. Usually in Thailand we use Tiparos brand, which to me is usually quite smooth. Hi Robin, happy to hear you love tom yum and enjoyed this recipe, and thank you for your extra tips, sounds great! Thank you for the website sharing the recipes! Looks perfect. Just read your recipe and surely it will be amazing. Thank you ! Creamy next time. I need to work on the effect of varying the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar. It was very spicy . I used Saffron Road lemon grass basil simmer sauce for the lemongrass. When I was in Bangkok, Tom yum goong nam khon was made with coconut milk and not condense milk like you mentioned. It was lovely!! You might need to add more fish sauce, sugar, or lime juice. Better than the Tom Yum we have bought in the last from the local Thai shop!! Enjoy! Next, add about 6 tablespoons of fish sauce first, and 2 teaspoons of sugar. Thats awesome, thank you for the message we are honored! Hi Kang, great to hear from you, thank you very much glad you enjoyed this recipe and the tom yum. Normally in Thailand coconut milk is not used in tom yum, but its used in tom kha. The soup is also made with fresh ingredients such as lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lime juice, fish sauce, and crushed red chili peppers. Kiss my glass noodles. Hey Patricia, often for tom yum its fish sauce that makes the soup salty, but you could add some salt if needed. Definitely will come back to refer to it again and make another in a bigger bowl! Un abrazo desde Barcelona. If youre looking to cook an awesome and authentic soup, try this tom yum soup recipe. I had Tom Yum a few times and got addicted. I will try some of your other recipes. Its so amazingly good! I wonder if there is a way to attenuate this odour? I also saw two other Tom Yum recipes on your website but have chosen this one. It is the first time I have been excited about a Thai dish that I have attempted, usually the flavors are lacking. I also cut the heads of the prawns and let those cook early on. [add_popup title=Where can I send it? description=Enter your e-mail to download your PDF copy of this Thai tom yum soup recipe now. id=unique-id button=Send it to me!], Evaporated milk the secret that makes it creamy. It consists of shallots, lemongrass, fish sauce, minced fresh ginger or galangal, shrimps, mushrooms, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, and minced Thai chili peppers. Real tasty Tom Yum, ok. Great to hear it turned out so well, thank you for sharing! Thanks. Thank you for sharing your recipe n showing us how to make it! Thats how important they are. Hi Erica, thank you very much, and great to hear you enjoy Thai food! Its convenient to read and print. Eat it with: Rice, and a spread of other Thai dishes. I tried the recipe and it was excellent. Thanks pal. Just do what you prefer :). This is the CLEAR version of Tom Yum. I have made this twice and its so delicious, thank you so much. Better than my towns only thai place. Was in Thailand in 1968, 1969, I am very envious. 2. Usually the traditional version would be made with just the shrimp tomalley, and then fresh chilies. Hi Kochy, good to hear from you, glad you enjoyed tom yum so much. I had all the ingredients other than cilantro and tomatoes. Couldnt find the kaffir leaves but didnt seem to make a difference! Love it! Dear Mark, Ive been wanting to have a go at making Tom Yum for sometime now. I am sure to impress my husband with these. I used goong mae nam (), or freshwater shrimp. Keep the pot cover to prevent the stock from reduced too much. Sounds good! I will definitely let you know if I come to visit Calgary in the future. Cons: not salty enough. The soup need to simmer a while to make the ribs fall-off-the-bone tender but they are delicious. Everyday that I work she prepares such amazing and delicious Thai food. I crushed the garlic, used half a tin of italian roma tomatoes it was very authentic, Ive been to Thailand many times, thanks Mark really good website it was very helpful. Thank you for sharing this recipe! I hope you enjoyed this tom yum soup recipe. My favourite dish. Easy to make and easy to follow. Tom yum goong nam sai () is tom yum with shrimp in a clear broth, while tom yum goong nam khon () is the creamy milky version. The heat was perfect and soup fantastic. Thanks mark for the reply Im awed and inspired through your travel video in youtube around the globe s Will definitely try another recipes that you published here. As a senior ,its way above my daily salt recomendation, Perry is a food writer, photographer, and recipe developer based in New York City. I just got some Tom Yum soup from a local authentic Thai place. Thank you Mark.. arigatou from Tokyo. It's not normally eaten as an individual bowl of soup, the way it would be in Western cultures, but instead it's a communal dish that goes together with other dishes and eaten with rice. Hi Lim, I think most of the ingredients in this recipe should be available at local markets in Malaysia. Both were soo good!!! Tom Yum is one of my favorite dishes from Thailand. Thank you so much for going beyond the foods and cities, and providing recipes! Awesome!!! I didnt know those ingredients werent normally eaten. Thats one of the best descriptions of tom yum I think Ive ever heard sounds amazing and Im sure I would enjoy it as much as you do. Hola Marc. It really is one of the best soup in the world. Cara membuatnya pun tidak sulit, sobat dapat menyiapkan tom yam creamy soup hanya dengan menggunakan 14 bahan dan 3 langkah saja. Im trying to prove to her that I can cook. Thanks again and hope you can find some galangal. Good grief this was good! It takes slightly longer to extract the flavor since I do not bash the lemongrass and tear the kaffir lime leaves. . I live in Florida. Will let you know how it turns out. Can you just reduce the quantity of ingredients for a smaller batch? And also make sure you add the lime juice at the end of cooking and make sure its sour enough I think that will combat the fishiness of the fish sauce. I made the clear Tom Yum soup. Thanks again! Keep up your good work young man! The most voted sentence example for tom-yum is Never before had I had chili i. kindly send me the recipe for tom yum soup seafood, Tom Yum gong nam sai is the best soap ever. Since my wife just immigrated to the US from Thailand, she brought along some fresh chili paste she made while visiting family in Surin. As one of the other commenters mentioned you keep making them and will keep watching them:-). The flavor of tom yum should be sour upfront from lime juice, then salty from fish sauce, with a mild sweetness from nam prik pao paste. Tom Yum Goong is my favorite food on this planet. Is there a substitute for fish sauce. // ]]> For myself, I like both versions of tom yum, and it sort of depends on which mood Im in. Its convenient to read and print. Taste test, you may need to add more lime juice or fish sauce as the milk and roasted chili sauce throws off the sourness and saltiness. I tried to to fined similar tasting tom yum soup but unfortunately I was never able to make it same as in Thailand. aaaaaaaaa, Thank you , thank you , thank you so much :) Sometimes the Vietnam Hua store has them fresh, often not. Thanks for sharing and giving me Thai dishes without going to a restaurant. I was sceptical about only using water (not stock) but the flavour was so good that it didnt need stock as the base. The only problem is, where I live, we dont get kaffir lime leaves or nam prik pao. Oh nice. Since my roommate doesnt like mushrooms, do you have any other vegetable suggestions to substitute for them? Thanks a lot dude. It wont be Tom Yum. Thank you again for sharing, and keep cooking Thai food! When you smell kaffir its lovely smell & taste in food. Lacked flavor and depth. Like the tom kloang, fish is the meat of choice and it can be anything found in . It turned out just as I remembered! Thanks for very detailed and careful step by step. I am sure it has changed. But, as the lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves were quite tough, I didnt eat those. Hi Shayne, good to hear from you and that you like tom yum. Thank you,will love to hear from you and preference is only vegetarian no meat. So, i will add the paste, but not the milk. We order this dish every time were at Thai. I like to use something called nam prik pao () in my recipe for tom yum, and its especially necessary if you make the creamy version. I used 6 T of fresh lime juice. It could also be the brand of fish sauce youre using, some taste fishier. Glad you love tom yum! Hey BB, haha, thats awesome, glad you enjoy it! Hey Clara, youre welcome, hope you enjoy it. You may need more of each, but start with that. Made this tonight with chicken and prawns. Also, the flavors of sourness and the the heat from the chilies are usually a little more pronounced in this version. Cut this portion into 1-inch lengths and smash the pieces with a heavy object until they split. The recipe is definitely spicy and I love spicy food, so if you dont like your food spicy i recommend only using 2-5 chilies and/or taking all the seeds out (make sure you wear gloves if you do this. Great to hear you enjoyed it Peter, thank you! Theres no need to add salt, as saltiness comes from the fish sauce. And absolutely five stars! See more of our authentic, https://www.eatingthaifood.com/2014/01/thai-basil-chicken-recipe-pad-kra-pao-gai/, 8 - 12 tablespoons of fish sauce (depending on your taste), 8 - 12 tablespoons of lime juice (10 - 15 limes). Thank you so much for the recipes! I used to have a little place I went to in my hometown for Tom Yum when I was feeling under the weather or downright sick. I would make this again. Tom-yum is incredible. Sounds good with noodles as well! Next time I would like to do the creamy one,. Bring it to a boil. Im sure the head chef there is Thai, although the menu is a fusion of Thai and Szechuan. I could only find dried galangal and having a hard time finding lemon grass, I havent been able to find the kaffir lime leaves either. You may be able to switch out ginger for galangal, but without keffir leaves just dont waste your time. I'm coconuts for Thailand. Youre welcome Ashley, glad you love it also. Looking forward to trying this, sent the wife off to the store as Im writing this. I love this soup. Love the sound of this recipe. OMGfirst time making this. Thank you for the video. Thanks again Mark. A persons success does not depend on his wisdom, but perseverance. This is soooohhh good! I made the clear version minus the chillies because of the kids and found 4 limes was enough and added more sugar and fish sauce. I used to work as a flight attendant and once we stop at Bangkok i change and get my tom yum soup. Here's a good example: "The thermostat is set too high," said Tom heatedly. Hey Jelena, thank you for reading this. With deep respect, The first was the steamed fish in lime and chili sauce. Hey Jayantha, haha, thank you so much for sharing your story! I tried this out with a girl Im speaking with in Thailand over Discord. Through my recipes, Im aiming to provide a realistic amount of ingredients of how youd find the dish in Thailand. These are the two most popular soups outside of Thailand, and while they both contain similar ingredients (lemongrass, makrut, lime juice, Thai chilies), there are distinctions that set them apart. Looked through quite a few recipes and decided to give youre one a try. Recipe size: 1 pot of soup, probably about 5 6 bowls Every time I cook your recipes I get an 11 out of 10. Have a great day! Absolutely loved this recipe. I loved that the ingredients could be roughly chopped and added. I usually make it clear with chicken so went cloudy and it tasted so good Im doing it again tonight with prawns. Take care and cheers. Great website ,all the information i need in simple directions..thanks for your effort. its like youre eating your first bite of food ever..(really great expressions). I only used half the suggested amount and it still ended up tasting like a Tom Yum cleaning solution and I love the taste of lime. I lived more than 8 years in Thailand and moved to the Philippines. We ate around it and it was still awesome. I just went to Thailand a couple of weeks ago and your videos helped me alot during my stay. Hey Shane, thank you very much for your kind words, glad you love cooking Thai food as well! It is surprisingly simple to prepare, with end results that definitely exceeded my initial expectations of it (well, it was easy to make, I thought Ill have to go through kitchens hell to get this done decently). After living in Thailand, (Chiang Mai) for the past 2 years I usually have to look up the food my girlfriend cooks on your site, just so I have an idea what Im eating. Thank you for sharing your extra tips! Hey Renata, very cool to hear that, glad you love tom yum as well. A wonderfully authentic recipe for one of my favorite Thai foods. Great to be able to make this from fresh rather than supermarket jars etc. Hey Dave, nice to hear from you, thank you for sharing. Hi Tara, you can choose how you want, and if you dont want to include that, thats fine. BTome up Tom Tweet Bone up on: Bums Tom seats Tweet Bums on seats: Cash Tom the nail Tweet Cash on the nail: Chip Tom your shoulder Tweet Chip on your shoulder: Climb Tom the bandwagTom Tweet Climb on the bandwagon: Come Tom down Tweet Come on down: Tom a wing and a prayer Tweet on a wing and a prayer: CottTom Tom to Tweet Cotton on to: Dance . As a matter of fact they are VOONDERBAR. Got a freezer full of pastes and had massaman curry this week. Hi Claire, great to hear that, enjoy the cooking! Hi Jessie, fantastic, Im so happy to hear you enjoyed this tom yum goong! Please let me know. Thanks for the recipe. Yes, that would be part of Marks success for sure, his determination always impresses me. Dave, Video was very easy to follow and understand. Im excited that I can finally make this at home, and so is my boyfriend! My first time making it and your directions allowed for easy adjustments. Tom Yum Soup Recipe Recipe You can make this flavor-packed soup in just under 20 minutes. Next time I will leave it whole and take it out before serving. This is actually one of my favorite soups! Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe..after we had so many Tom Yum recipes,my family love this the most, Pros: tells you the right ingredients, gives context, medium spicy level You are on the nose when you say to taste test and adjust accordingly. Perry grew up in Denver, Colorado and was raised by two grandmothers who taught her the importance of cooking with all five senses and never adhering to a diet with a name. Mark, well what can I say? Ive been to Phuket few times and this soup is my favourite and I have allergy to garlic. I prefer the clear broth. My suggestion is try the real word KUNG it might sound right. Great to hear that Doria, glad it turned out well! I saw you video with Andrew Zimmern, very cool. Remove and the discard the lemongrass and lime leaves. Using the leftover broth for rice tomorrow. amzn_assoc_title = "Things used in this recipe"; Thank you for sharing!. Eating this right now. The main difference between the two soups is. Thank you so much for bringing Thailand to my home kitchen. Thanks! This recipe is IT, though!! I will certainly try yours but I cant imagine it without tamarind Go figure. But you could try coconut milk if youd like, and yes just replace it. How do I make Thai Chilli Paste myself since its not easy to find the chilli paste here in KL, Malaysia. Add the chiles and lime juice to the pot and stir to combine. The reason I spell it goong is because kung is ambiguous, it could be pronounced koong or kung, as in sung. So I spell it goong for the long ooo sound.