Tom Yum soup is a popular sour and spicy Thai soup,
that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. 

The recipe here adds chicken (Tom Yum Gai),
but seafood or shrimp also make great additions

Serve with steamed jasmine rice.

Ingredients


400 grams (about 1lb) boneless chicken meat diced 
3 cups chicken stock 
100 grams (3.5 oz) straw mushrooms, halved 6 cherry tomatoes 
1 fresh lemon grass stem cut into short lengths 
2-3 kaffir lime leaves, torn 
3 tbsp Thai fish sauce 
4 tbsp fresh lime juice 
1/2 tsp sugar 
5-6 hot fresh Thai chilies, just broken with pestle 
Preparation

Place the stock in a pot, add the lemon grass and kaffir lime leavess, and bring to boil over medium heat. Add the chicken meat, mushroom, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar; cook slowly and uncovered for 10 minutes. Do not stir. Then add the tomatoes and chilies and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat. 4 servings