Tom Kha Gai (Thai chicken coconut soup)

Tom Kha Gai (Thai chicken coconut soup)

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Christie

Christie

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"I first tried this dish in a restaurant in Fulham, it soon became my favourite Thai dish and I wanted to recreate it!"
Difficulty
Easy 👌
Preparation
10 min
Baking
30 min
Resting
0 min

Ingredients

2Servings
½ clove
garlic
½
lemongrass
ginger (1 inch piece)
1
Chillies
140 g
mixed mushrooms
225 g
Diced chicken breast
2
Makrut lime leaves
75 g
Sugar snaps and mangetout mix
¾ tbsp
galangal paste
¾ tbsp
Lemongrass paste
¾ tbsp
soy sauce
½ tbsp
fish sauce
½ tsp
sugar
Salt & pepper
100 g
bamboo shoots
  • Step 1/5

    Add crushed garlic, 1 finely sliced chilli, ginger and lemongrass to a pan with oil, salt and pepper. Then add chicken and fry on a medium heat for 8 minutes.
    • ½ clove garlic
    • ½ lemongrass
    • ginger (1 inch piece)
    • 1 Chillies
    • 225 g Diced chicken breast
    • olive oil
    • Salt & pepper

    Add crushed garlic, 1 finely sliced chilli, ginger and lemongrass to a pan with oil, salt and pepper. Then add chicken and fry on a medium heat for 8 minutes.

  • Step 2/5

    Add chopped mixed mushrooms, sugars snaps and mangetout to the pan and fry for a further 5 minutes.
    • 140 g mixed mushrooms
    • 75 g Sugar snaps and mangetout mix

    Add chopped mixed mushrooms, sugars snaps and mangetout to the pan and fry for a further 5 minutes.

  • Step 3/5

    Pour in chicken stock and add lime leaves, juice of half a lime and boil for 5 minutes.
    • 300 ml chicken stock
    • 1 limes
    • 2 Makrut lime leaves

    Pour in chicken stock and add lime leaves, juice of half a lime and boil for 5 minutes.

  • Step 4/5

    Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
    • 200 ml coconut milk
    • ¾ tbsp galangal paste
    • ¾ tbsp Lemongrass paste
    • ¾ tbsp soy sauce
    • ½ tbsp fish sauce
    • ½ tsp sugar
    • 100 g bamboo shoots

    Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

  • Step 5/5

    Serve by itself or with rice. Drizzle on chilli oil and sprinkle on fresh chillies.
    • chili oil

    Serve by itself or with rice. Drizzle on chilli oil and sprinkle on fresh chillies.

  • Enjoy your meal!

    Tom Kha Gai (Thai chicken coconut soup)

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