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Tom Kha Gai Recipe


Tom Kha Gai Recipe
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A very simple Thai soup with a chicken and coconut base. Could serve 8 as a small entree or 4 as a main course.

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Ingredients
  • 250g chicken breast, sliced in bite sized pieces
  • 500ml coconut milk
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into 2.5cm lngths
  • 6 thin slices of young galangal (ginger is a substitute, but poorly)
  • 5 fresh kaffir lime leaves
  • 5 tspns lime juice
  • 1 tspn Asian fish sauce
  • 1 tspn sugar
  • 1 small red chilli, chopped
  • 1/4 cup coriander leaves (no stalks)

Directions
  1. BOUQUET GARNIS THAI STYLE
  2. Tie the galangal, lemongrass and lime leaves into a piece of muslin and tie up with string.
  3. SOUP
  4. Pour half of the coconut milk into a saucepan with the bouquet garnis and bring to the boil.
  5. Add chicken and cook until the chicken is cooked through.
  6. Add the remaining coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, chilli and heat until it is just boiling.
  7. Remove bouquet garnis and discard.
  8. Pour into bowls ensuring each bowl has enough pieces of chicken.
  9. Put coriander leaves on top before serving.
  10. Quartered tomatoes can also be added at the last as a type of added garnish.

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This sounds excellent and really easy. THanks for the recipe!


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