22 yum coconut milk Recipes

chicken stock or 1 1/4 pint stock made from oxo or bullion, stalks lemongrass , lower 1/3 minced or mashed in a mortar (or 6tsp of prepared lemongrass from a jar), kaffir lime leaves (depending on size of leaf), juice from 2 fresh limes or 4tbsp concentrated lime juice, cocuonut milk (or 1 block of coconut cream + 1/2 pint milk), ready cooked shrimp/prawns, thai or singapore fish sauce, red chilies, minced or 1/2 -1 tsp. dried crushed chili (to suit your taste), garlic, minced (or from a lazy garlic jar), fresh ginger (or 4tsp from lazy ginger jar), generous cups of fresh shiitake mushrooms or pack of dried shiitake or chestnut or button mushroom (whatever you have in the fridge), fresh coriander, sugar (to taste, so the soup is sweeter rather than tart ), al: a handful of cherry tomatoes or red bell pepper thin sliced

fish sauce or 2 tbsp oyster sauce, coconut milk, reduced-sodium chicken broth, shrimp soup paste (add more for more spice, however the mixture becomes saltier) or 3 tbsp tom yum paste (add more for more spice, however the mixture becomes saltier), lemon grass root (two inch sprigs), lime peel, ground finely, lime , juice of, garlic (or more depending on your preference), red chile (add more for more spice), fresh gingerroot, chopped cilantro, chopped boneless skinless chicken, cut into small cubes, half-and-half cream (add more if you like it creamier!)