Tom Kha Gai

Name: Tom Kha Gai
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 600g chicken thighs, sliced; 400ml coconut milk; 600ml chicken stock; 3cm galangal, sliced; 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised; 6 kaffir lime leaves; 200g oyster mushrooms; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp lime juice; 2 red chillis, bruised; 1 tsp palm sugar; 1 handful fresh coriander

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

Bring coconut milk and stock to a gentle simmer.

Add galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and chillis.

Simmer 10 minutes to infuse.

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

Season with fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.

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

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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