Recipe for cooking Tom Kha Gai Soup

Recipes from Southeast Asia :: Southeast Asian Soups and Stews

6 oz. sliced white chicken meat
6 oz. sliced white onions
2 or 3 med. pieces galanga (Thai ginger)
3 (1-in.) slices lemon grass
1 ounce chopped green onion
24 oz. water
1 (2 ounce) pkg. coconut milk concentrate
4 oz. fresh lime or lemon juice
4 oz. fish sauce
1 Tbsp. ground red chili

Start heating the water. Add coconut milk concentrate, galanga ginger and lemon grass. Add sliced chicken. Let it come to a boil. After the soup has boiled for 2 mins., add the onions.

In a serving bowl add the lime juice and fish sauce. Do not add this to the boiling soup! When the chicken is cooked, place the soup in the serving bowl with the sauces. Garnish with the green onions, spice to taste with red chili and serve.

Yields 4 servings.