Prawn soup facts for kids
Prawn mee with whole shrimp
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| Type | Soup |
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| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Prawns |
| Variations | Chupe de camarones, kaeng som kung, Penang Prawn Mee, rækjusúpa, shrimp chowder, tom yum goong |
Prawn soup, also called shrimp soup, is a yummy soup made with prawns (which are like big shrimp!) from fresh or salty water. Lots of different prawn soups are enjoyed all over the world! Some famous ones include Penang prawn mee from Malaysia, chupe de camarones from Peru, kaeng som kung from Thailand, and caldo de camarones from Mexico.
Prawn and shrimp soups can be clear like a broth, creamy, or thick like a chowder. In the United States, you can even find creamy shrimp soup sold in cans or frozen.
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Prawn Soup Varieties Around the World
Icelandic Shrimp Soup
Rækjusúpa [ˈraiːcʏˌsuːpa] is a special shrimp soup from Icelandic cuisine. It's made with shrimp, fish like haddock, bacon, cream, corn, and celery. People say it tastes sweet and smoky. You can even use frozen shrimp to make this dish!
Malaysian Prawn Mee
Penang prawn mee, also known as har mee, is a popular prawn soup from Malaysian cuisine. It's a special dish from Penang, Malaysia. The soup's rich flavor comes from a broth made using the shells and heads of prawns. You can often find Penang prawn mee sold as street food in Penang.
Mexican Shrimp Soup
Caldo de camarones is a well-known shrimp soup in Mexico. It's a type of the popular "seven seas soup" (caldo de siete mares), but it focuses only on shrimp.
Peruvian Shrimp Soup
Chupe de camarones (which means "shrimp soup" in English) is a very common and traditional dish in Peruvian cuisine. The main ingredients are river prawns, fish, potatoes, eggs, milk, oregano, and chili peppers. Sometimes, freshwater crayfish are also used to make this soup in Peru. It's known for being thick, like a chowder.
In July 2016, chefs and restaurant owners in Lima, Tacna, and Arequipa, Peru, celebrated a special chupe de camarones week. This event honored the dish from July 10–16, 2016.
Filipino Shrimp Soup
Sinigang na hipon is a sour soup from the Philippines. It gets its sour taste from tamarind. This soup is made with shrimps or prawns, onions, water spinach, radishes, tomatoes, and long green chili peppers. It's usually seasoned with fish sauce for extra flavor.
Thai Prawn Soups
Kaeng som kung, also called kaeng som or gaeng som (Thai: แกงส้ม), is a soup from Thai cuisine. It started in southern Thailand. This soup is spicy and sour, made with prawns, vegetables, and curry spices.
Tom yum goong (sour prawn soup), also known as tom yum or tom yam (Thai: ต้มยำ), is another famous Thai soup. It's a spicy soup with a clear and light broth.
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Kaeng som kung
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Tom yum goong, a Thai prawn soup
United States Shrimp Chowder
Shrimp chowder is a popular dish in the Gulf states of the United States. It's made like a typical chowder, using milk or cream, potatoes, onion, shallots, celery, broth, and shrimp. Other ingredients are sometimes added too. Shrimp chowder is also made in the U.S. state of Maine.
Mass Production of Prawn Soup
Cream of shrimp soup is a mass-produced canned soup in the United States. The Campbell Soup Company makes and sells a condensed cream of shrimp canned soup. Around the 1960s, Campbell Soup Company also made and sold a frozen cream of shrimp soup. Besides being eaten as a soup, prepared cream of shrimp soup can be used as an ingredient in other dishes, like seafood molds or crawfish pie.
Images for kids
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A prawn and noodle soup
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A spicy prawn and noodle soup
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Tougan shrimp soup
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