Tom Kha With Meat Of Your Choice |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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We've all had that coconut milk lemongrass soup at Thai restaurants; it's my absolute FAVORITE! Here's my recipe that I make all the time at home. When I was living in France, all the girls in my house would gather around the kitchen when I made this, just hoping to get a taste. Read more . Delicious! (If you can't get all the ingredients, don't worry. Check out my Faux Tom Kha Recipe !) Ingredients:
28 ounces good asian chicken stock |
3-4 stalks lemongrass, bruised and cut into 1-2″ pieces |
8-16 red thai birds eye chilis, whole, crushed, or sliced in half lengthwise |
10 small kaffir lime leaves, torn in half |
12 slices galangal |
28 ounces coconut milk |
1 little patty palm sugar, about 1 tablespoon |
fish sauce, starting with about a teaspoon |
6 large white mushrooms, sliced thin |
small lime per bowl of soup |
cilantro, chopped fine, for garnish/taste |
green onions, sliced fine, for garnish/taste |
...for tom kha tofu: 6 ounces firm tofu, cut into small cubes |
...for tom kha gai: 1-2 chicken breasts, cut into small pieces |
1 egg white |
1 tablespoon cornstarch |
3 cups water |
2 tablespoons oil |
...for tom kha goong |
6 ounces raw shrimp |
Directions:
1. To velvet chicken, if making tom kha gai:
2. Lightly beat egg white and combine with cornstarch. Toss the chicken strips or cubes in this mixture, then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Heat the water and oil in a pot or a wok, until it’s hot enough that a piece of chicken floats to the top when you put it inches Put the chicken in, in shifts if you have to to keep it from crowding, and cook until it’s white, about 30 seconds. If you’re not using the chicken straight away, refrigerate it until you do.
3. ...Otherwise: Boil lemongrass, chilis, lime leaves, and galangal in chicken stock for five to ten minutes.
4. Add coconut milk and season with palm sugar and fish sauce. Taste and add more fish sauce for saltiness, palm sugar for complex sweetness. Add in mushrooms and simmer for about five minutes.
5. Add in either tofu, shrimp, or chicken and simmer about five more minutes to warm through (and cook shrimp til pink).
6. Ladle into bowls and garnish with cilantro and green onions. Squeeze half of one small lime into each bowl, adding the juice of the other half if desired.
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