Super Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

Directions

Ingredients :

4 cups shrimp stock

1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

1 tablespoon grated lime zest

1 (15 ounce) can whole straw mushrooms

drained

1 pound frozen fully cooked salad shrimp

thawed

3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla)

¼ cup fresh lime juice

3 green onions

chopped

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

1 red chile peppers

seeded and chopped

salt and pepper to taste

Methods :

Combine the shrimp stock, lemon zest and lime zest in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and shrimp and cook until shrimp have heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce, lime juice, green onion, cilantro and chile pepper. Taste and adjust salt and pepper if needed. Soup should be sour, salty, spicy and hot.