Tom Kha Gai (Chicken Galangal Soup)
photo by tomlinste
- Ready In:
- 29mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
3
ingredients
- 2 (13 1/2 ounce) cans coconut milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups chicken stock
- 2 chicken breasts, cut bite sized
- 3 stalks lemongrass, white part only cut into diagonal strips
- 1 inch length fresh galangal root, sliced into thin strips
- 5 chili peppers, remove stem, sliced diagonally
- 10 kaffir lime leaves, remove center spine crumple lightly
- 1 (15 ounce) can straw mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons palm sugar (or Brown sugar)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
directions
- 1. Pour 1 of the 2 two cans of Coconut milk and the Chicken broth into a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
- 2. Add Galangal root, Lemongrass, and Chili peppers simmer for 10 minutes.
- 3. Add Chicken pieces to pot and simmer until the color looks uniform brown about 3 minutes.
- 4. Add Straw mushrooms, Kaffir Lime leaves, Coconut Palm sugar, and Fish sauce. Simmer 5 minutes.
- 5. Add final can of Coconut milk. return to boil and remove pan from heat.
- 6. Add Lime juice stir and serve.
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