Thai Chicken Coconut Soup (Tom Kha Gai)
This classic chicken and coconut soup gets its rich and dynamic flavor from quintessential Thai ingredients: coconut milk, lemongrass, fresh ginger, lime juice, fish sauce, chile paste, basil, and cilantro. While warming and thoroughly comforting, this dish comes together incredibly quickly. Of course, it's even better the next day after the flavors have had time to rest and fully meld within the thick and satisfying, savory-sweet broth. Just saying--doubling this recipe to guarantee leftovers wouldn't be a terrible idea.
- Time: 20 min
Source: Sunset Magazine
Ingredients
- can coconut milk
- can reduced-sodium chicken broth
- quarter-size slices fresh ginger
- stalk fresh lemongrass, cut in 1-in. pieces
- pound boned, skinned chicken breast or thighs, cut into 1-in. chunks
- sliced mushrooms
- tablespoon fresh lime juice
- tablespoon Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce
- teaspoon sugar
- teaspoon Thai chili paste
- fresh basil leaves
- fresh cilantro