Tom kha gai — chicken soup with galangal and coconut
Tender chicken and oyster mushrooms in a coconut broth with galangal, lime and lemongrass.
Active time25 min
Cooking25 min
Total40 min
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Ingredients
- 1 Thai chilli
- 1 lemongrass stalk
- 454 g raw boneless skinless chicken thigh
- 2 cups of unsalted chicken stock
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 1 and a half cups of coconut milk
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp palm sugar
- 5 makrut lime leaves
- 12 thin galangal slices
- 156 g fresh oyster mushrooms
Preparation
Rinse the lemongrass, lime leaves and chilli. Remove the dry parts of the lemongrass. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Bruise the lower part of the lemongrass and cut it into sections. Tear the makrut lime leaves. Split the chillies. Clean and tear the mushrooms into pieces. Finely chop the palm sugar.
1 Thai chilli1 lemongrass stalk454 g raw boneless skinless chicken thigh1 tsp palm sugar5 makrut lime leaves156 g fresh oyster mushrooms- knife
- chopping board
Bring the stock to a boil in a saucepan. Add the salt and chicken. Simmer gently for about 15 min, until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
2 cups of unsalted chicken stock½ tsp salt- heavy-bottomed saucepan
- spoon
Thinly peel the galangal and cut it into thin slices. Add the coconut milk, lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime leaves, chillies, mushrooms, sugar and 1 tbsp fish sauce. Simmer for 5 min, until the mushrooms are tender and the broth is fragrant.
1 and a half cups of coconut milk2 tbsp fish sauce12 thin galangal slices- heavy-bottomed saucepan
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board
Add the remaining fish sauce, 1 tbsp. Remove from the heat, then add the lime juice. Remove the lemongrass sections, galangal and makrut lime leaves, which were only for flavouring. Serve hot.
3 tbsp lime juice- heavy-bottomed saucepan
- spoon
- slotted spoon
Allergens
- Celery
- Fish
Composition to check for: Crustaceans, Eggs, Gluten, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
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