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Tom Kha Gai – Thai Chicken Coconut Soup

Name: Tom Kha Gai - Thai Chicken Coconut Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 3 chicken breasts sliced into strips; 2 Tins Coconut Milk; 400ml Chicken Stock; 5 Kaffir Lime Leaves; 2 Lemongrass Sticks – end intact and slit down the middle; Big knob of Ginger; 5 Spring Onions cut into strips; 4 tbsp Lime juice; ½ tsp Palm sugar; 4 tbsp Fish sauce; 100g Baby Mushrooms of choice; 2 Red chillis sliced thin; ½ tsp Galangal paste; Handful fresh coriander chopped; 225g Bamboo Shoots – I used sliced ones from a tin; Lime wedges to serve

by Zarina February 21, 2021

February 21, 2021

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I seriously crave this warming Thai Chicken Coconut soup when the weather turns, and it always hits the spot for me. Quintessential Thai flavours of coconut milk, lemongrass, fresh ginger, lime juice, fish sauce, kaffir lime, chilli, and coriander are some of the easiest and quickest soups. To make and is a flavour bomb explosion!!

Tom Kha Gai - Thai Chicken Coconut Soup

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 30 Minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

3 chicken breasts sliced into strips

2 Tins Coconut Milk

400ml Chicken Stock

5 Kaffir Lime Leaves

2 Lemongrass Sticks – end intact and slit down the middle

Big knob of Ginger

5 Spring Onions cut into strips

4 tbsp Lime juice

½ tsp Palm sugar

4 tbsp Fish sauce

100g Baby Mushrooms of choice

2 Red chillis sliced thin

½ tsp Galangal paste

Handful fresh coriander chopped

225g Bamboo Shoots – I used sliced ones from a tin

Lime wedges to serve

Instructions

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the coconut milk, chicken stock, lime leaves, lemongrass, ginger, spring onions, red chillis and bring to a boil.

Add chicken strips and simmer uncovered until chicken is tender

Stir in lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, galangal paste, bamboo shoots, and coriander

Bring to a boil, simmer for a few minutes

Remove lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves and discard

Taste and adjust lime, fish sauce, sugar, chilli to your liking

Serve hot with lime wedges

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Tom Kha Gai – Thai Chicken Coconut Soup

Tom Kha Gai - Thai Chicken Coconut Soup

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