Tom Yam Pla (Thai Spicy and Sour Soup with Fish) Recipe

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Ingredients (19)

  • 2 1/2 pounds (1.1kg) head-on whole red snapper, scaled, gutted, filleted, and fillets cut into 2-inch pieces (reserve head and bones for stock; see note)
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes (5 1/2 ounces; 160g)
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, bottom 6 inches only, outer leaves discarded, tender core lightly smashed and cut into 2-inch lengths (about 80g)
  • 1/2 white onion (4 ounces; 115g), peeled and sliced in half
  • One 4-inch piece fresh galangal (50g), peeled and roughly smashed in a mortar and pestle 
  • 10 fresh or frozen makrut lime leaves (6g), roughly torn
  • 1 tablespoon (15ml) fish sauce
  • 10 to 15 dried Thai chiles (5g), stemmed
  • 1/2 cup grape tomatoes (2 3/4 ounces; 80g)
  • One 4-inch piece fresh galangal (50g), peeled and thinly sliced
  • 4 stalks lemongrass, bottom 6 inches only, outer leaves discarded, tender core lightly smashed and cut on a bias into 2-inch lengths (about 160g)
  • 4 small shallots (50g), peeled and roughly smashed in a mortar and pestle
  • 10 fresh or frozen makrut lime leaves (6g), middle ribs removed (see note)
  • 5 to 7 fresh green Thai chiles (6g), stemmed and roughly smashed in a mortar and pestle
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) fresh lime juice from 2 limes
  • 5 sprigs (12g) fresh culantro leaves and tender stems, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (see note)
  • Cooked jasmine rice, for serving

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