Tom Yum Goong — Thai Spicy Prawn Soup
Thailand's iconic hot and sour prawn soup — a fragrant, fiery broth of lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime and fresh chillies with plump prawns and mushrooms.
6 recipes using mushrooms — Pad thai, green curry, tom yum — aromatic and bold.
These 6 thai mushrooms recipes are ready in about 41 minutes on average, with 180–420 kcal per serving, and 50% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
Thai cooking chases the balance of hot, sour, salty and sweet in every dish — fresh, aromatic and unafraid of chilli. When Thai cooks work with mushrooms, they reach for fish sauce, lime, lemongrass, galangal, Thai chilli and palm sugar, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, steaming and poaching.
An umami powerhouse that adds deep, meaty savouriness — a vegetarian's secret weapon for richness. In this collection it's most often cooked with fish sauce, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, birds eye chillies and chicken stock. The dishes here span thai classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Tom Yum Goong is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,840 ratings.
Thailand's iconic hot and sour prawn soup — a fragrant, fiery broth of lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime and fresh chillies with plump prawns and mushrooms.
Fragrant Thai coconut milk soup with chicken, galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime — silky, spicy and deeply aromatic.
Thailand's silky, fragrant coconut chicken soup — infused with galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime, balanced with fish sauce and a bright finish of lime juice.
Thai hot and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime — fiery, fragrant, iconic.
Thai Village Smoky Tomato Soup brings thai flavor to a practical soup built with mushrooms, fish sauce, lime, palm sugar and fresh chiles, and a fresh Thai basil finish.
A creamy, spicy coconut chicken soup in the spirit of tom kha gai, warmed with turmeric and fresh chile.
Choose firm, dry caps without sliminess or dark soft spots. Different varieties bring different textures: button for everyday, shiitake and porcini for intense savour.
Brush or briefly wipe clean rather than soaking, as they absorb water. Cook in a hot, uncrowded pan so they brown and release their moisture instead of stewing.
Low in calories yet rich in B vitamins, selenium and potassium; sun-exposed mushrooms also provide vitamin D.
Most of these 6 Thai mushrooms recipes are ready in around 41 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Tom Yum Goong — Thai Spicy Prawn Soup, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 55 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 180 to 420 kcal per serving, averaging 328 kcal — Tom Yum Goong — Thai Spicy Prawn Soup is the lightest option at 180 kcal.
Tom Yum Goong — Thai Spicy Prawn Soup is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 35 minutes. 50% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, mushrooms is most often paired with fish sauce, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, birds eye chillies and chicken stock. Thai kitchens also lean on fish sauce, lime, lemongrass, galangal, Thai chilli and palm sugar.
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