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Trotter Tom Yum Soup
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About This Recipe
| Yield: | Serves 4 |
| Active time: | 30 minutes |
| Total time: | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Special equipment: | 3 quart saute pan |
| This recipe appears in: | The Nasty Bits: Trotters Tom Yum |
Ingredients
- 4 pork trotters (about 2 pounds)
- 1 stalk lemon grass, cut into 2-inch sections and bruised slightly
- One 1-inch piece of galangal
- 4 kaffir limes leaves
- 6 to 8 bird's eye chilis
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 large tomato, cut into 16 wedges
- Thai Chili Paste (Nam-prik Pao), optional
- 3 to 4 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- rice noodles cooked according to instructions on package
Procedures
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1
Rinse trotters under running water. Place trotters in large saucepot pot and cover with water. Simmer until trotters are tender, about 2 1/2 hours, skimming off whatever meat scum rises to the top.
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2
Add lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and chilies and simmer for 30 minutes longer. Remove the aromatics from the pot and discard. Add sliced vegetables and simmer 5 minutes longer.
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3
Add chili paste (if desired), fish sauce, and lime juice, adding more or less according to taste. Serve with rice noodles and additional segments of lime.
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