Tom Yam soup: a history of delicacies

Tom Yam is one of the most popular dishes in Thailand, a flavorful firework display, here is the recipe for this lemongrass and shrimp soup, Tom Yam Kung.

As with many Thai dishes, the name of the recipe can be written in different ways and is best known by its English versions:

Tom Yam Kung or Tom-Yum-Goong which is also the title of a Thai boxing film (L'honneur du Dragon (Tom-Yum-Goong), but in French it is rather: Tom Yam Koung.

And in Thai: ต้มยำ กุ้ง.

Executive Summary
Description of the Lemongrass and Shrimp Soup
Tom Yam Kung recipe
Tom Yam Kung's recipe in video

Description of the Lemongrass and Shrimp Soup
The word "Tom" refers to boiling, to broths, "Yam" refers to a kind of spicy and sour Thai salad.

Tom Yam is characterized by its distinct sour and spicy taste, with aromatic plants, such as lemongrass, combava leaves (often mistakenly called bergamot), galanga root, generously used in the broth.

Kung means shrimp but you can also make Tom Yam with chicken (kai) or tofu (tao hou).

In the restaurant it will become:
Tom yam kai: Lemongrass and chicken soup
Tom Yam tao hou: Lemongrass and tofu soup

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