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Healthy Snack Recipes: Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

Another one in my soup series. This recipe is quite similar to Thai ‘Tom yum’ recipe but it’s a little different and it’s less hot the usual Thai TomYum (Yea, it is usually very very hot since it uses small chilies which can be deadly hot!). Again, soup is the best of snack because it makes you fuller faster and with less calories. Sometimes, we aren’t really that hungry but just wanted something to munch. So, soup is always the best of snacks when you’re dieting to lose weight or even while maintaining your current weight.

Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

Of course, you can add in other seafood as well like squids or fish but shrimp should always be the base since you need the flavor from the shells. This recipe is quite easy to make which takes only around 15 minutes to prepare and you can serve this for the whole family, and even kids if they can stand hot and spicy foods. Serves roughly four person. Happy snacking!

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Ingredients:-

• 350 g whole raw or cooked shrimp in shells
• 100 g oyster mushrooms, shredded
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 lemongrass stem, coarsely chopped
• 2 fresh kaffir lime leaves, shredded
• 1 fresh green chili, seeded and chopped
• 1 quart fish stock
• 1 lime
• 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 1 tbsp chili sauce
• 1 fresh red Thai chili, seeded and thinly sliced
• 1 scallion, thinly sliced
• Salt and pepper

For garnishing:-

• 1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro

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How to make / prepare Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

1. Shell the shrimp and reserve the shells. Cut a slit along the back of each shrimp to dispose off the black veins. Place in a bowl, cover and chill
2. Heat the oil in a large heavy bottom pan, fry the scallion for a while until it turned slightly mellow. Add the shrimp shells and stir fry until it turn pinkish in color.
3. Add the lemongrass, lime leaves, green chili, and stock. Pare a thin strip of rind from the lime and grate the rest. Add the grated rind to the pan.
4. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, and let simmer, covered for about 20 minutes.
5. Strain the liquid and pour into the frying pan. Squeeze the lime and add into the soup; the fish sauce, pepper and salt to taste.
6. Bring to boil and then turn down the heat a little before adding in the shrimps. Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
7. Add the red chili and stir for another minute after turning off the heat.
8. Serve it in a snack bowl (should be small in size) and sprinkle with chopped cilantro and lime rind strip.

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Nutritional Values (approximately)

• Calories = 75 cal
• Protein = 8 g
• Sugars = 1 g
• Fat = 4 g (saturated 0.3 g)
• Carbohydrate = 1 g

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