 Ingredients
Ingredients                          -                      1 tablespoon vegetable oil
-                      2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
-                      1 stalk lemon grass, minced
-                      2 teaspoons red curry paste
-                      4 cups chicken broth
-                      3 tablespoons fish sauce
-                      1 tablespoon light brown sugar
-                      3 (13.5 ounce) cans coconut milk
-                      1/2 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
-                      1 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
-                      2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
-                      salt to taste
-                      1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
 
Directions- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
 
- Cook  and stir the ginger, lemongrass, and curry paste in the heated oil for 1  minute.
 
- Slowly pour the chicken broth over the mixture, stirring  continually.
 
- Stir in the fish sauce and brown sugar; simmer for 15  minutes.
 
- Stir in the coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until the  mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes.
 
- Add the shrimp; cook until no  longer translucent about 5 minutes.
 
- Stir in the lime juice; season with  salt; garnish with cilantro.