Tom Kha Gai
From GimpyBee 10 years agoIngredients
- 2 to 9 bird's eye chilis, depending on your heat preference shopping list
- 14 oz coconut cream shopping list
- 14 oz chicken broth shopping list
- 28 oz coconut milk shopping list
- 150g tofu shopping list
- 2 chicken breasts shopping list
- 7 slices galangal shopping list
- 1 in ginger root shopping list
- 4 kefir lime leaves shopping list
- 1 stalk lemongrass shopping list
- 1 tbsp soy sauce shopping list
- 1 tbsp fish sauce (can sub shrimp paste) shopping list
- sugar to taste shopping list
- 2 tbsp lime juice shopping list
- 100g straw mushrooms shopping list
- 1 boletus mushroom shopping list
- 1 tsp chili oil (optional) shopping list
- 1 tbsp Tom Kha paste (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- 1) Boil your tofu in water until it floats. Remove to a cutting board and when cool, cut into small pieces
- 2) Fry off your bird's eye (sometimes called "finger") chilies in oil in the bottom of a large soup pot.
- 3) Add coconut cream, coconut milk, and broth and bring it up to a simmer
- 4) Add sliced galangal, julienned ginger, kefir leaves, lemongrass, fish sauce, and soy sauce. If you are using Tom Kha paste (which will intensify the flavor agents you just added) add it here.
- 5) Add chicken breasts and let it simmer for 10-12 minutes until the chicken is just cooked through.
- 6) Remove the chicken and cut into bite-sized chunks. Return to the pot.
- 7) Add lime juice, tofu, and the mushrooms.
- 8) TASTE! Now is the to adjust. Add chili oil for extra heat, add extra soy sauce, lime juice, or fish sauce as needed.
- 9) Serve and enjoy!
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