Spicy Thai-Style Shrimp Soup

Name: Spicy Thai-Style Shrimp Soup
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Asian, Thai
Ingredients: 5 1/4 cups, canned low-sodium chicken broth; 1 piece, fresh ginger (1/2-inch), cut in half and smashed (see illustration below); 2 large cloves, garlic, lightly crushed with skins on; 2 tablespoons, fish sauce; 4 - 6 , cilantro stems, including roots, plus 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 1 teaspoon, sugar; 2 , medium jalapeño chiles, stemmed and sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch rings; 2 , medium tomatoes, cored and chopped coarse; 1/2 pound, cremini mushroom, oyster, or button mushrooms, wiped clean and quartered (or cut into sixths if large); 1/2 pound, medium shrimp (about 41 to 50 per pound), peeled; 3 tablespoons, juice from 2 limes

Main Courses
Asian
Thai
Fish & Seafood
Soups

This recipe takes minutes to pull together, but requires specialty ingredients that many home cooks are unlikely to find in their local markets.

SERVES 4 to 6

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