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Tom Kha Gai

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Tom Kha Gai

Thai coconut and galangal soup with chicken — aromatic, creamy and deeply comforting. Simmering the galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves in the broth before the chicken goes in lets their flavour fully infuse rather than staying faint.

Total time
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Asian
gluten-free

Ingredients

600gchicken thighs, sliced
400mlcoconut milk
600mlchicken stock
3cmgalangal, sliced
2 stalkslemongrass, bruised
6kaffir lime leaves
200goyster mushrooms
3 tbspfish sauce
3 tbsplime juice
2red chillis, bruised
1 tsppalm sugar
1 handfulfresh coriander

Instructions

1

Bring coconut milk and stock to a gentle simmer.

2

Add galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and chillis.

3

Simmer 10 minutes to infuse.

4

Add chicken and mushrooms, simmer 10 minutes until chicken is cooked.

5

Season with fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.

6

Taste — it should be creamy, sour, salty and fragrant.

7

Scatter with coriander and serve with jasmine rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
514
Protein
50.8g
Fat
29.5g
Carbs
13.8g
Fiber
2.9g
Sodium
1571mg

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