Asian Home Gourmet Spice Paste for Thai Tom Yum Soup helps you prepare a Thai soup with spicy, tangy and aromatic flavours. Tom Yum, also called Tom Yam, is known for its balance of sour and spicy notes. The paste contains lemongrass, garlic, shallots, chilli, galangal and lime juice.

Use the paste as a base for Tom Yum with prawns (Tom Yum Kung), chicken (Tom Yum Kai), or other ingredients such as fish, mussels and mushrooms. Serve hot, optionally with rice or noodles. This 50 g pack comes from Thailand.

Product features

• Thai spice paste for hot-and-sour Tom Yum soup
• With lemongrass, chilli, galangal and lime juice
• Suitable as a base for soup with fish, seafood or chicken

What you need

• 1 packet Tom Yum soup spice paste
• 880 ml water or unsalted chicken stock
• 250 prawns (peeled and cleaned), or squid, mussels or diced fish fillet (prawn quantity as supplied; unit unclear)
• 60 g shiitake mushrooms or button mushrooms, sliced
• Fresh coriander and chillies to garnish
• Lime or lemon juice and soy sauce or fish sauce to taste

Method

1. Bring 880 ml water or unsalted chicken stock to the boil. Add the spice paste and stir well.
2. Add the prawns or your chosen fish or seafood and the mushrooms. Continue cooking until fully cooked.
3. Just before serving, season to taste with lime or lemon juice and soy sauce or fish sauce.
4. Garnish with fresh coriander and chillies and serve hot.

Ingredients and allergens

Sugar, salt, soybean oil, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, acidity regulator, citric acid, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, sugar, wheat flour), hydrolysed vegetable protein (soy, corn, wheat), chilli, galangal, herbs and spices, lime juice, colouring: paprika extract, maltodextrin.

Product specifications

Keywords: Tom Yum soup paste, Tom Yam, Thai soup, spice paste, Asian Home Gourmet