Tom Ka Gai Soup
Amazing comfort food for a cold winter night.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken stock store bought or homemade
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs, cubed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1 ⁄2 cups coconut milk
- 1 stalk lemongrass bottom half only, sliced thin
- 10 thin slices galangal
- 5 kaffir lime leaves torn in 3rds
- 2 Thai chilies crushed them a bit - but they will be removed
- 1 1 ⁄2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp palm sugar finely chopped, packed
- 5 1 ⁄2 oz. straw or oyster mushrooms diced
- 2 to 2 1 ⁄2 Tbsp lime juice
- • chopped cilantro and/or green onions to taste for garnish
- • 1 c steamed jasmine rice for serving optional
Instructions
- In a medium pot, simmer the chicken thighs in the chicken stock for about 15 minutes, loosely covered, until the chicken is fork tender.
- Add the coconut milk, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, Thai chilies, fish sauce and palm sugar. Simmer for three to five minutes.
- Next, add the mushrooms and cook for a few more minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in lime juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning with more fish sauce and/or lime juice if needed. Remove chilis, galangal and lime leaves.
- Scoop 1/4c of rice into each bowl. Pour soup into bowl and top with cilantro and green onions.
Notes
Make sure that you keep the chillies, galangal and lime leaves big enough that they are easy to pull out once they have infused the soup.