Spicy Thai-Style Shrimp Soup

Name: Spicy Thai-Style Shrimp Soup
Ingredients: 5¼ cups, chicken broth; 1 (½-inch) piece, ginger, cut in half and smashed; 2 tablespoons, fish sauce; 2 large, garlic cloves, lightly crushed with skins on; 4–6 , cilantro stems, including roots, plus ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro; 1 teaspoon, sugar; 1–2 , jalapeño chiles, stemmed and sliced crosswise into ¼-inch-thick rings; 2 , tomatoes, cored and chopped coarse; 8 ounces cremini, oyster, or, white mushrooms, stemmed and quartered if small or cut into sixths if large; 8 ounces, medium shrimp (41 to 50 per pound), peeled and deveined; 3 tablespoons, lime juice (2 limes)

Main Courses
Fish & Seafood

Based on a Thai tom yum soup, this quick shrimp soup offers an appealing balance of hot, salty, sweet, and sour elements by way of grocery store ingredients.

SERVES 4 to 6

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