Tom Yum Noodle is actually very popular due to its intense flavors of sour, spicy and sweet combined with the rice noodle. To prepare the dish, just follow the tom yum soup recipe and add your choice of noodle.

Tom yum soup is delicious when made with prawns. Sometimes chicken is also substituted. A good part of chicken to use for Thai soups is tenderloin cubes.

The soup is preferably made of chicken stock either fresh stock or from cubes. Once the chicken stock is made, you can store the left over stock in the freezer.

If you run out of time, you may buy Tom Yum cubes which consist of all tom yum ingredients and flavors! This means you may not need to season or add the fresh “krueng tom yum” ingredients at all. Use two cubes for making 2 portions. Add more cube for stronger flavors.

Another choice for saving preparation and cost of fresh ingredients is using “tom yum paste”. These food products can be found in most of Asian stores.

You may consider using these instant tom yum products as they contain MSG. Personally, I believe there is nothing quite like a fresh made Tom Yum. The flavors are unbeatable!

Let’s get started!

How to make:
Step 1 – Making the soup

Bring chicken stock to a rapid boil, then add “krueng tom yum”; galangal, lemongrass, shallot, crushed red Thai chili, and kaffir lime leaves. Let the tom yum ingredients discharge the aromatic flavors for a few minutes.

Season with fish sauce, chili paste, salt and lime juice.

Over the rapid boiling, add prawns until slightly cooked approximately a few minutes, and then add mushroom.

Turn the heat off and pour milk with some coriander leaves.

Cover the lid.

Step 2 – Prepare noodle

Bring water to boil and add rice vermicelli until cook or approximately 5 minutes.

Rinse the noodle through cold water and drain.

Add noodle and tom yum soup in a bowl. Sprinkle some coriander leaves.

Serve hot. Enjoy!

If you’re trying to lose weight, broth-based soups like tom yum are an excellent choice. The high water content makes them low in calories, yet they fill up your stomach to help keep you satisfied. Tom yum — a Thai dish with spicy, sweet and sour flavors — often contains seafood but can also be made with vegetables only.
Calorie Content

The exact number of calories in your tom yum soup will vary according to the recipe, but one version from “Eating Well” contains 105 calories per serving of 1.33 cups. “Eating Well’s” recipe includes about 1.5 ounces of shrimp, raw weight, per serving; without the shrimp, you can subtract about 30 calories for a total of just 75 calories per serving. A tom yum soup with shrimp from a major grocery brand has more calories than the homemade version, providing 120 calories per 9.9 ounces, which is about 1.25 cups.