Thai Lemongrass Soup
Ingredients
  • 5Cups Veggie Brothfaux chicken stock (5 to 6 cups)
  • 2 Lemongrassminced OR 3-4 Tbsp. frozen prepared lemongrass (available at Asian stores)
  • 3 Whole Kaffir Lime Leaves(available fresh or frozen at Asian food stores)
  • 2Cups Soft Tofusliced into cubes
  • 2 Red Chiliessliced, OR 1/2 tsp. dried crushed chili, OR 1-2 tsp. chili sauce
  • 4Cloves Fresh Garlicminced
  • 1 Gingerthumb-sized, sliced int thin matchstick-like pieces OR Galangal
  • 1Cup Mushroomsany variety, sliced
  • 2Cups Baby Bok Choyleaves separated or chopped if large, OR substitute broccoli or bell pepper
  • 1Cup Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1/2Can Coconut Milk
  • 1Tsp Brown Sugar
  • 4Tbsp Soy Sauceor Tamari if gluten-free
  • 1Tbsp Lime Juice
  • 1/2Cup Fresh Basil
  • 1/3Cup Fresh Cilantroor Coriander, roughly chopped
Instructions
  1. Pour the stock into a soup pot. If making the stock from cubes or powder, be sure to make it strong (if it tastes good on its own, it will make for a better Tom yum soup!). Now add the prepared lemongrass, plus the lime leaves, chili, garlic, and galangal or ginger. Bring to a boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes, or until broth is very fragrant.
  2. Add the mushrooms. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5-8 minutes, or until mushrooms are soft.
  3. Add the bok choy and cherry tomatoes. Gently simmer 1-2 more minutes (bok choy should remain on the crisp side).
  4. Reduce heat to low and add the coconut milk, sugar, soy sauce, and lime juice. Finally, add the soft tofu and gently stir.
  5. Do a taste-test, adding more chili or chili sauce if not spicy enough. If not salty enough, add more soy sauce or a little more stock cube/powder or salt. Add 1 more tsp. sugar if too sour. If too salty or sweet, add another squeeze of lime juice.
  6. To serve, ladle soup into bowls with fresh basil and coriander sprinkled over. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Note: Although I prefer my Tom Yum with coconut milk, more traditional versions of the soup don’t include it (instead, they increase the amount of stock).

I did a Google search for “Thai lemongrass soup vegetarian” and came up with this recipe.

Read the blog post where this recipe originally appeared: Vegan Thai Lemongrass Soup Recipe