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Spicy Coconut Chicken Soup

This spicy coconut milk chicken soup is popular Thai cuisine “Tom Kha Kai”, stand up with one of our fan-favorite recipes.

By Vickypee  I  Published on May 24 , 2024

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The coconut milk takes on a silky texture in this sweet and sour soup. It may look and taste a cream-base coconut, but it actually has a little cream. Instead, a small amount of coconut milk is used bland with just enough water and readily takes on the flavor of herbs, some fiery, punchy spices. aromatic herb provides a special layered meal in a bowl.

This one feature chicken go well with mushroom and fragrant of galangal and lemongrass give a good meal, make it really satisfying and it smells amazing, like all my favorite Asian food. It is perfectly balanced flavor and finish with refreshing lime juice, top with little chili flakes if you like the soup high level of heat.

You can save the step buy the cooked rice from the supermarket, with stay warm soup and starchy cooked rice complementing them perfectly. Or leave it out altogether for a light version.

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Serve With

  • Serve with cooked rice, noodles, serve the soup without rice make a great alternative to a light dinner.

Make a Meatless Soup 

  • You can make a meatless soup by simply omitting the chicken and add more mushroom.
Cook rice in a pot.

Cook Rice

Wash the rice in fine-mesh stainer until water clear. Drain the rice. Put the washed rice in the large pot then add enough cold water to cover the rice, placing of your index finger on the rice, the water should come up to the first joint. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low and simmer. Cover and cook 15 minutes.

Cut vegetables and chicken.

Prep Vegetables and Chicken

While the rice cook, cut mushroom, smash lemongrass, slice chili, coriander, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves, squeeze 2 tablespoons lime juice.

Kitchen Notes

Fresh galangal is widely used in curry pastes and infuse soups. The root look like ginger but its taste more peppery than that of the ginger and it has a woodier texture. You can find galangal in Asian grocery store, if you buy a big batch, storing leftover in the fridge or freeze it to keep it fresh.

Simmer herbs soup.

Simmer Herbs Soup

Stir in water and herbs and bring to boil over medium high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Add coconut milk to the pan.

Add Coconut Milk

Discard solids and stir in coconut milk and bring to boil and add chicken and cook, stir in mushrooms and cook through.

Stir in seasoning.

Finish Soup

Stir in salt, sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, cook until sugar melt, add chili, kaffir lime leaves, and coriander. Off heat.

Recipe

Spicy Coconut Chicken Soup

Makes 3 Servings

Ingredients

  • 150g Jasmine rice
  • 300g chicken breast, sliced
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 lemongrass stems, wash and remove the outer layers
  • 2 cm. galangal, sliced
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves, very thinly sliced
  • 4 springs coriander, finely sliced
  • 2 red chilis, finely sliced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 50g mushroom, sliced
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • Sliced red chili, coriander, and kaffir lime leaves, for serving

Directions

  1. Cook the rice according to the package instructions.
  2. Chop the tough ends off the lemongrass and bash with a back of a knife and cut into 2-inch chunks.
  3. Add the water in a saucepan over a medium high heat. Add the lemongrass, galangal. Cover with a lid, bring to the boil, turn the heat down and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Then discard the solids.
  4. Add the coconut milk, bring it back to the boil, add the chicken and stir and cook for 2 minutes, add the mushroom and cook for a further 1 to 2 minutes until just cooked through.
  5. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, salt, sugar and heat through until the sugar melts.
  6. Just before eating, serve the soup with a big spoon of rice, sprinkle over the chili, kaffir lime leaves, and coriander.
Ready to eat spicy coconut chicken soup.

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