Thai Hot and Sour Soup with Chicken and Mushrooms

Name: Thai Hot and Sour Soup with Chicken and Mushrooms
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Asian, Thai
Ingredients: 2 limes (see headnote); 4 stalks lemon grass, trimmed to the bottom 6 inches, dry outer layers discarded, bruised; 4 Fresno or jalapeño chilies, stemmed, 2 halved and seeded, 2 sliced into thin rings; 3 medium shallots, halved; 3 medium garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger (see headnote), cut into 4 or 5 coins and bruised; 2 tablespoons Thai chili paste (see headnote); Kosher salt and ground white pepper; 1 1/2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts, trimmed; 12 ounces button or cremini mushrooms, quartered if small or medium, cut into sixths if large; 1/4 cup fish sauce, plus more as needed; 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

Cook:1h

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Updated at: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:07:33 GMT