Tom Kha Gai

Name: Tom Kha Gai
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 400g chicken breast, sliced; 600ml coconut milk; 400ml chicken stock; 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised; 5 slices galangal; 5 kaffir lime leaves; 200g mushrooms; 3 tbsp fish sauce; juice of 2 limes; fresh chilli and coriander to serve

Thailand

Tom kha is milder and more coconut-forward than tom yum. The two soups are Thailand's most famous pair.

Thai coconut chicken soup — a fragrant, silky soup of coconut milk with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime and chilli. More elegant and subtle than tom yum.

Prep

15 mins

Cook

20 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

450 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400gchicken breast, sliced

600mlcoconut milk

400mlchicken stock

3 stalkslemongrass, bruised

5 slicesgalangal

5kaffir lime leaves

200gmushrooms

3 tbspfish sauce

juice of 2limes

fresh chilli and corianderto serve

Method

Simmer coconut milk with stock, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime for 10 minutes.

Add chicken and mushrooms. Simmer 8 minutes.

Season with fish sauce and lime juice.

Serve with fresh chilli and coriander.

Chef's Tip

Don't eat the lemongrass, galangal or kaffir lime leaves — they are aromatics, not food.

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