🇹🇭 Thailand recipe

Tom Kha Gai

A gentler, creamier cousin of Tom Yum, Tom Kha Gai is a silky coconut milk soup perfumed with galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves. Tender slices of chicken swim in the milky broth, which strikes a soothing balance of sour, salty, and mildly spicy flavors.

Prep15 mins
Cook15 mins
Serves2
Difficultyeasy
Tom Kha Gai, a Thailand dish

Ingredients

  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 250g boneless chicken breast, sliced thinly against the grain
  • 200g oyster mushrooms, torn into pieces
  • 3 stalks lemongrass, cut into 5cm pieces and bruised
  • 8 slices galangal (about 3mm thick)
  • 5 kaffir lime leaves, torn in half
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 bird's eye chilies, lightly crushed
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 shallots, halved
  • Fresh cilantro leaves for garnish

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
340
Protein
22 g
Carbs
10 g
Fat
24 g

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