Tom Kha Gai – chicken coconut soup
October 26, 2015
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Today i will share with you how to make Tom Kha Gai – chicken coconut soup. This soup is another easy to cook and so tasty thai meal. If you like sweet – sour – spicy thai food there is no better time than now to lear how to cook it. Ingredients are available almost in all european groceries. You can cook soup as a starter or a complete meal in a bowl. Note that you can make vegetarian version when you will use sea food instead of chicken.
Tom Kha Gai Ingredients:
- 75 g chicken / sea food
- 30 g straw mushroom
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 3 fresh chillies (small green)
- ½ onion, cut quarter
- ½ tomatoes, cut quarter
- 3 kafir lime leaves
- 1 lemongrass, slice diagonally
- 2 sliced galangal (or ginger)
- 2 tbsp. lime juice
- 3 tbsp. fish sauce (or soy sauce)
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 finely sliced coriander
- 1 finely sliced spring onion
Method:
- Place the coconut milk in the pot over low heat
- Put the lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime in the pot
- Add chicken and wait until the chicken is cooked
- Add large onion, tomato and mushrooms
- Add fish sauce (or soy sauce), sugar and lime juice according taste (should be sweet and sour)
- Serve into a dish and top with chopped coriander, spring onion and chillies
Tips:
Fresh milk can be mixed with the coconut milk in half portion for better flavor.
For seafood add sweet basil after all.