====== Tom Yum Soup====== Recipe provided by: Sunee **Ingredients** * 1kg Chicken necks * Celery stump * 4x Lemon grass stalks (crushed stalks - white part only) * Kaffir Lime Leaves - handful * Galangal - 3 slices * Shallots x 4 – peeled and cut in quarters * Mushrooms – 200g punnet of button mushrooms – sliced in quarters (can use a soup mix of mushrooms) * Mushroom soya sauce – add to taste * Birds eye chillies x 5 – crushed (optional – to taste) * Chicken thighs – x 200g – diced * Fish x 1 large fillet (barra) – diced * Large Prawns – x 500g – peeled * Cherry tomatoes – 250g punnet – cut in half * Limes 3 or 4 – quartered * Spring onion x 3 or 4 – sliced * Coriander to serve (optional) **Method** - Boil chicken necks in a full pot of water for a minimum of 1hr. Do not cover with the lid to allow the liquid to reduce – half of the liquid should evaporate. - Add extra water to the pot – fill to desired quantity. - Add Lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves and galangal, bring to a boil for 10-20mins with lid on.Add mushroom soya sauce to taste. - Scoop out the kaffir lime leaves, galangal and lemon grass stalks using a strainer. - Add crushed chillies and chicken thigh – bring to boil again and allow chicken to cook with lid on. - Add Fish and Prawns and bring to a simmer with lid on (if any scum settles on the stop of the soup, scoop it off). - Add mushrooms and shallots. - Add cherry tomatoes and continue to simmer – then taste – this taste test is the decider on whether to add any further soya sauce. - Turn off the heat. - Add the spring onions. - Add lime to taste – the colour will change and go cloudy. - Continue to taste whilst and adding mushroom soya sauce, lime and chilli to taste. - You may wish to omit the lime – and add it to the bowl before serving. Again the lime will be added to taste. - Serve with jasmine rice. ** Can top with coriander to serve. Can also add cooked rice noodles to the bowl when serving if you would like to eat it as a noodle soup.