Description
This Quick and Spicy Shrimp Soup is a Thai-inspired dish that’s bursting with flavor. With a rich coconut milk base, succulent shrimp, and aromatic spices, it’s a comforting and satisfying meal that can be whipped up in no time.
Ingredients
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For the Soup:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger (grated)
- 1 tablespoon red curry paste
- 4 cups chicken or seafood broth
- 1 can (14 oz) coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 pound medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 1 cup mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 2 green onions (sliced)
- juice of 1 lime
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil: In a large pot over medium heat, sauté the onion until softened.
- Add aromatics and curry paste: Stir in the garlic, ginger, and red curry paste; cook until fragrant.
- Add liquids and seasonings: Pour in the broth and coconut milk, add fish sauce, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes; bring to a boil.
- Cook the shrimp: Add shrimp and mushrooms, simmer until shrimp are cooked.
- Finish the soup: Stir in spinach, green onions, and lime juice; adjust seasoning with salt.
- Serve: Ladle into bowls and enjoy hot.
Notes
- Add cooked rice noodles or jasmine rice for a heartier version.
- Adjust spice level by increasing or reducing red pepper flakes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Thai-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 115mg
