Chicken Coconut Soup Recipe

This Chicken Coconut Soup Recipe is a classic Thai soup recipealso known as Tom Kha Gai. It's a simple soup to makewith the wonderful flavour coming from the galangal or Siameseginger which is a root similar to ordinary ginger. The coconut milkadds to the creaminess.

Tom Kha Gai / Chicken Soup Ingredients

• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 5cm piece galangal or common ginger
• 4 chicken breasts sliced into thin strips
• 1 stalk lemon grass chopped
• peel of a small lime
• 1 tablespoon coconut palm sugar or soft brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 small red chillies, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

How To Cook Chicken Coconut Soup

Combine the stock, ginger, lime peel and lemongrass in a large soup potand bring to the boil. Let this simmer for about two minutes then add the coconut milk. This should simmer for another 10 minutes.Stir occasionally. Add the chicken and the chilli and return to the boilfor another 8 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice sugar and fish sauce and allowto simmer for another minute.

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