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Recipe Thai Coconut Chicken Soup – Tom Kha Ghai
By Thai-Eyes | May 30, 2008
One of the most mouthwatering Thai recipes is the
Thai coconut chicken soup – Tom Kha Ghai.
“Tom Kha Ghai” means Soup – Galanga/Galingale – Chicken.
Even if some famous cooks are telling You,
galanga/galingale can not be replaced by ginger !
The taste is totally different !
To prepare a tasty stock for “Tom Kha Ghai”,
You ´ll need a bit of time,
don´t be in a hurry.

Picture: Thai Coconut Chicken Soup – Tom Kha Ghai
Ingredients:
750 ml water
500 ml coconutmilk
250 g chickenbreast
3-4 kaffir lemon leaves
3 stems lemongras
5-10 slices galanga/galingale
1 coriander root
2 spring onions (the white part on the bottom)
5-10 Thai Chilis “Prik Kee Noo”
250 g straw mushrooms (fresh champignons as replacement)
1-2 EL palm sugar
salt or fishsauce
juice of 3-5 lemon
coriander leaves and spring onions to garnish
Preparation:
Put lemongras (smash it with the flat side of a knife or a pestel),
slices of galanga/galingal, kaffir limeleaves, coriander root (smashed)
and spring onions in a pot with cold water and simmer it for about 1,5 to 2 hours.
Add coconut milk, chilis (smashed) and chickenbreast in stripes o cubes
and cook it until done.
Add straw mushrooms, cuted in half and let it boil for another 5-10 minutes.
Season with palm sugar, salt or fishsauce and lemonjuice.
Garnish with korianderleves and springonions and
serve with Thai rice/fragrant rice/jasmine rice.
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January 7th, 2010 at 18:16
Hi i am irene. Glad i joined this community and hope to share some ideas with you. Thai food can be summed up as: sweet, spicy, sour and a bucketfull of flavors combined.