Thai Coconut Shrimp Soup

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Do you like spicy food? Well then this is your lucky day! This one goes to 11.

Ingredients:

  • Red Chili Paste
  • Yellow Curry Paste
  • White wine
  • Sesame Oil
  • Red Chili Garlic Sauce
  • Chili oil
  • Sriracha Hot Sauce
  • Red Chili Flake
  • Japones peppers
  • 2 lbs. shrimp, deveined and peeled. Peels reserved
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, 1 inch dice
  • 1 red bell pepper, 1 inch dice
  • 1 onion, 1/2 inch dice
  • Lemongrass
  • Ginger, minced
  • Brown sugar
  • Coconut Milk
  • Cornstarch slurry
  • Chicken stock
  • Black lemon
  • Mushrooms
  • Tomatoes concasse
  • Green onions sliced 1/8 inch thick

Procedure

  1. In a large stock pot sweat the onions and bell peppers in butter
  2. Place the red chili paste and yellow curry paste in the stock pot and toast (pince)
  3. Deglaze with white wine
  4. Add chicken stock, black lemon, brown sugar, ginger, lemongrass, japones peppers, chili flake, shrimp peels, and a couple drops of sesame oil
  5. Simmer for and hour or two
  6. Drain the tomatoes, and mushrooms
  7. Strain the soup then replace soup back into stock pot
  8. Place tomatoes and mushrooms in soup
  9. Combine coconut milk and cornstarch slurry in a little bowl then slowly work into soup.
  10. Place shrimp in soup then serve after about 5-6 minutes with green onions as garnish.

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Enjoy,

Eric

4 thoughts on “Thai Coconut Shrimp Soup

  1. Sounds like those would clear up a head cold faster than a bucket full of decongestant! I’d love that but my family is a bunch of weanies when it comes to heat:)

    Also enjoyed the Spinal Tap reference.

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