Tom Kha Gai

Description

An easy and healthy Thai chicken soup. Serve over rice. Add more fish sauce or chile paste to taste.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
  • ¼ cup sweet red chile sauce
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 (1 1/2 inch) piece fresh ginger, sliced
  • 10 kaffir lime leaves, torn and bruised
  • 1 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into strips
  • 1 (15 ounce) can straw mushrooms
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
  • 1 zucchini, sliced
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, chopped
  • 1 bunch fresh basil, chopped

Instructions

  1. Warm chicken broth and coconut milk together in a stockpot over medium heat; add chile sauce
  2. lime juice
  3. fish sauce
  4. brown sugar
  5. ginger
  6. and lime leaves. Bring broth mixture to a low simmer until flavors have blended
  7. about 15 minutes.
  8. Remove stockpot from heat and strain out ginger and lime leaves. Return broth mixture to the stockpot and bring to a simmer. Cook chicken in the simmering broth until no longer pink in the center
  9. about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms
  10. onion
  11. zucchini
  12. lemongrass
  13. and basil and simmer until onion softens
  14. about 3 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 6

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