Title: Hot and Sour Mushroom Soup (Tom Yam Het)
Categories: Soups, Vegetarian, Vegan
Yield: 3 Servings

3 c Vegetable stock
1 ts Nam Prik Pow sauce
1 Inch Lemon grass
-- finely chopped into rings
3 Kaffir lime leaves
-- roughly torn into three
1 ts Sugar
2 tb Lemon juice
2 oz Oyster mushrooms
-- coarsely separated
-OR- button mushrooms
2 sm Fresh red or green chilis
- (more if desired)
-- crushed to split open

---------------------------------TO GARNISH---------------------------------
Coriander leaves

In a large pan, bring the vegetable stock to the boil and stir in the Nam
Prik Pow sauce. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer, stirring well
until the mushrooms are just cooked but still al dente. Pour into a serving
bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.

Source: Thai Vegetarian Cooking by Vatcharin Bhumichitr Typos by: Karen
Mintzias

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