Tom Ka Gai - Thai Chicken And Galangal Coconut Cream Soup
From allthai 14 years agoIngredients
- * ¾ cup chicken stock or plain water shopping list
- * 200g chicken breast (skinned) shopping list
- * 10g thinly sliced fresh young galangal shopping list
- * ½ cup coconut cream shopping list
- * ¾ cup coconut milk shopping list
- * 6g kaffir lime leaves, stem removed and torn shopping list
- * 10g red shallots. peeled shopping list
- * 40g straw mushrooms sliced, substitute with chanterelles or oysters shopping list
- mushrooms torn shopping list
- * 10 grams or 1 stalk of lemon grass bruised and sliced into 1 inch lengths shopping list
- * 1 tbsp coriander or cilantro leaves shopping list
- * 1 coriander root scraped shopping list
- * 1 - 2 tbsp lime juice shopping list
- * 1 - 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce shopping list
- * 10g red bird's eye chilies shopping list
How to make it
- In a sauce pan, combine stock or water with coconut cream and coconut milk.
- Boil over high heat.
- Add the galangal, lemongrass, red shallots, chilies, coriander root and mushrooms.
- Add the chicken and simmer until tender. Add the kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce and lime juice and continue simmering until fragrant.
- Remove from heat and transfer to the serving bowl. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve.
- The soup should be rich and creamy, salty, sour and spicy.
- You can see the video making this dish taught by Chef Chanrat Karatna, nickname Air, at his cooking school in Chiang Mai Thailand on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Az10vFzII
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Reviewed by 6 people-
I made similar and it is delcious!
midgelet in Whereabouts loved it -
Yes, great recipe! Thanks for the post! High 5
valinkenmore in Malott loved it -
Thank you for this recipe! It is my husband's favourite soup and we have only tasted it at our local (excellent) Thai restaurant.
I may have to hunt for one or two of the ingredients but I might now be able to cook it at home for Tom!
moresitbynellie in Glasgow loved it
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