Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk (Tom Kha Gai)

Ingredients : 

• 3 chicken breast pieces, cut into strips

• 2 cups coconut milk

• 1 cup chicken stock

• 1 stalk fresh lemongrass, washed and chopped in chunks

• 1 onion, peeled and chunked

• 2 cloves of garlic

• 3 pieces of galangal peeled and sliced thinly

• 2 tsp chillies, finely chopped

• 2 kaffir lime leaves, chopped

• 1 tbsp fish sauce

• ½ cup coriander leaves,

• 1 tsp sugar

Preparation :

• In a sauce pan, mix the coconut milk, stock, onions, lemongrass, galangal, garlic, half the chilli, sugar, kaffir lime leaves. Over a medium heat, bring to a boil. Simmer for around 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.

• Remove the pan from the heat, and pour the broth through a strainer to elminate all the chunky pieces. Pour the broth back in the sauce pan, and put on heat again.

• Add chicken, remaining chillies and simmer for another 8-10 minutes. Also add the fish sauce.

• Continue stirring until chicken is cooked and well mixed.

• Add the coriander to garnish. Add salt if needed.

• Serve warm

Serves 4