Tom Yum Soup + Video – Peas, Love & Carrots

Ingredients

• 1 large shallot
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3-4 thai chiles
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• 2, 2 inch filets of salmon
• 3 lemon grass stalks, bottom stem cut off, first outer layer of leaves discarded and then thinly sliced on an angle
• 4 kafir lime leaves (each stem contains what seems to be 2 leaves, they are attached and are only considered to be 1 leaf. Therefore you need 4 stems), stems removed
• 4 inches of galangal, peeled, thinly sliced
• 3 button mushrooms, cleaned and quartered
• 5 cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp fish sauce (optional)
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce (if you are not using fish sauce, use 2 Tbsp)
• 2-3 limes, halved
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaves