Chicken and Galangal Soup

"This is adapted From David Thompsons Thai Food. It has become one of my all-time favorite soups. It is TDF. Adopted 9/06"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
17
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a 4 quart saucepan, heat chicken stock, coconut milk, coconut cream, salt and palm sugar to boiling.
  • Meanwhile bruise lemongrass, shallots, cporiander roots and chiles using a mortar and pestle.
  • Add to boiling stock along with galangal and lime leaves.
  • Simmer slowly for 20 minutes.
  • Strain out all solids.
  • Return liquid to pot and add chicken and mushrooms.
  • Simmer until chicken is cooked.
  • Add fish sauce and lime juice.
  • Stir to incorporate.
  • Ladle into bowls.
  • Garnish with cilantro and green onion.

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Reviews

  1. As he says, this soup is to die for, I ventured into our local asian market and was able to find everything I needed to make this exact, it is amazingly delicious and alot easier than it sounds, if you can find all the ingredients, I suggest you try it, you won't be sorry!
     
  2. Fantastic!
     
  3. Yes!!! It's wonderful! I didn't have palm sugar, so used dark brown sugar instead. Oh, and used Japanese green chilies. (Went easy on these and used only 2, but 3 would have been fine.) I had chicken, homemade stock, lime, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, coriander roots, the chilies, coconut milk and lemon grass in the freezer, so this became a clean out the freezer project, too. Thank you for the recipe, Mean Chef. If I made this once a week I wouldn't need to freeze things, would I?
     
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