Tom Kha Gai Soup Recipe

Preparation time : 30 mins. | Serves 4-6 persons

This Tom Kha Gai Soup Recipe is also known as Thai Coconut Chicken Soup outside Thailand. It is prepared in chicken curry style fashion, but the addition of coconut in the milk makes it a soup-like texture. It is usually served with traditional yellow rice.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp Thai curry paste
1 tbsp ginger (minced)
1 tbsp garlic (minced)
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 lb boneless chicken (cubed)
½ cup chicken stock
2 stalks of lemon grass
1 lb mushrooms (sliced)
2 tbsp fish sauce
¼ cup lime juice
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander/cilantro leaves chopped for garnishing

Procedure:

1. To prepare the Thai coconut chicken soup recipe, heat oil in a deep saucepan, add the curry paste and cook for 2-4 mins. until the oil is separated from the curry.
2. Add ginger, garlic, and onion and cook for 2 mins more, then add chicken cubes and cook over high heat for 2-3 mins. until the chicken turns white.
3. Now add lemon grass and chicken stock and simmer for 5 mins.
4. Add mushroom slices and simmer again for 10 mins. until chicken and mushrooms are cooked well.
5. After that add coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, and salt and simmer for 5-10 mins. until the soup starts bubbling and becomes slightly thick.
6. Remove the pan from heat, and pour the hot Tom Kha Gai Soup with a topping of fresh coriander leaves.

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