Thai Chicken Soup (Tom Kha Gai)

"I was looking for a version of this soup that didn't call for either kaffir lime leaves or galangal -- neither of which are available in the small town where I live. I think this version is exquisite, and my husband's comment was, "Can we have this *every* night?!" Found the recipe on my roku, of all places!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put lemon grass, garlic, and ginger in pot with chicken broth. Simmer on low heat for ½ hour, then strain into soup.
  • In a little vegetable oil, cook thighs in their own juices for about 5 minutes.
  • Add mushroom and cook 5 more minutes.
  • Add curry paste, fish sauce and lime juice, and stir. Pour in the strained stock, add the coconut milk and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  • Add onions and simmer 5 more minutes.
  • Turn off heat and add the chopped cilantro. Stir.
  • Serve with lime pieces, more cilantro, and sliced jalapeno on the table for diners to add.

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I only came to cooking in my 50s, when we moved home to a tiny town with only a few restaurants. I'm always on the hunt for easy, flavorful recipes (often ethnic cuisines), and I'm always ready to try something new and different! In cold weather I gravitate to stews, soups, and casseroles of the not-too-heavy kind; in hot weather I love a salad or cold soup. Partly because of my husband's diabetes (I'm borderline) and partly out of indolence, baking is not my thing.
 
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