25 December, 2023
Tom Kha Gai / Thai Coconut Soup
Tom Kha Gai is a most popular Thai soup. Tom means to boil , Kha means galangal and gai means chicken. Coconut milk is another key ingredient in Tom Kha Gai soup which gives a creamy texture and a milder sweeter taste.
Tom Kha Gai / Thai Coconut Soup recipe is infused with lemon grass galangal (which can be substituted with ginger) kaffir lime leaves . You will also find a mixture of chicken and mushroom .
It’s an easy recipe perfect for a dinner at home.
Soup Recipes in my blog which you can go through
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Here’s a quick and easy recipe for Tom Kha Gai / Thai Coconut Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cup chicken stock
- 2 piece of lemon grass
- 2 inch piece of galangal ( u can substitute with ginger),
- 2 medium shallots diced ( onion)
- 1 tomato
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 400 ml as coconut milk
- 150 gm mushroom
- 2 – 3 lime leaves,
- 2 thai chilli
- 200 chicken sliced into small pieces
- 2 green onions chopped
- Handful of coriander leaves
- Juice of 1 to 2 lime ( u can add more or less according to your taste)
Method
- Cut lemon grass into 2 to 3 parts.
- Peel the galangal.
- Dice the shallots.
- Remove stem from lime leaves.
- Chop tomatoes in slices.
- Chop the mushroom.
- Slice the chicken breast.
- Crush the lemon grass in mortar and pestle , then the galangal and thai chilli.This way the natural oil and flavour will be released.
- Pour 2 cups of chicken stock in a deep pan .
- Add lemon grass , galangal and shallots .Turn on to medium heat.
- Let it simmer to get its fragrance infused into the soup .
- Then add sugar , fish sauce , coconut milk , chicken , mushrooms , tomatoes , lime leaves and thai chilli.
- Gently stir and mix everything together and cook it slowly over low heat.
- Cook till the chicken and tomato is soft and mushroom are cooked and soup is done.
- Then add chopped green onions and chopped coriander leaves.
- Add lime juice depending on your taste .
- Turn off the heat.
- Serve with any flavoured rice or only as a soup .