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Tom kha gai thai
Thai coconut chicken soup
⏱ 25 minServes 4Medium280 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients4 servings
400 g (14 oz)chicken breasts, in strips
400 ml (1⅔ cups)full-fat coconut milk
500 ml (2 cups)chicken stock
200 g (7 oz)canned straw mushrooms
3stalks of fresh lemongrass
5 leavesmakrut lime
4 tbspfish sauce
The juice of 2 limes
1red Thai chili, chopped
1bunch of fresh cilantro
- 400 g (14 oz) chicken breasts, in strips
- 400 ml (1⅔ cups) full-fat coconut milk
- 500 ml (2 cups) chicken stock
- 200 g (7 oz) canned straw mushrooms
- 3 stalks of fresh lemongrass
- 5 leaves makrut lime
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- The juice of 2 limes
- 1 red Thai chili, chopped
- 1 bunch of fresh cilantro
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
Serves 4. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.
03 — Method
- Bruise the lemongrass with the back of a knife and cut into 3 cm (1 in) pieces.
- Simmer the chicken stock with the lemongrass and lime leaves for 10 minutes.
- Gently stir in the coconut milk and bring to a bare simmer — don’t boil or it will curdle.
- Add the chicken and mushrooms and cook over low heat for 12 minutes.
- Season with the fish sauce, starting with 2 tbsp, then taste before adding more.
- Strain out the lemongrass and leaves and return the chicken to the broth.
- Off the heat, add the lime juice and sprinkle with cilantro and chili just before serving.
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