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Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่)

One of Thailands’s favourite dish. This recipe is easy yet delicious. If you are a vegetarian, a vegan or just simply prefer a simple dish without meat, just substitute chicken for any of your favourite vegetables such as carrots or mushrooms, fishsauce with soy sauce or salt.

Ingredients

  • 400 ml water
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 400 g chicken
  • 200 g mushrooms
  • 3 tbsp fishsauce
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 lime
  • 2 chillies or more
  • 2 lemongrass
  • 1 galangal
  • 5 kaffir lime leaves
  • coriander

Directions

  1. In a medium size pot, boil the water.
  2. Cut chicken and mushroom into bite sizes. Cut lemongrass and galangal into big long pieces. Tear the kaffir lime leaves down a bit and chop the chillies.
  3. When the water comes to a boil, add chillies, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves. Wait about a minute.
  4. Pour in the coconut milk carefully, wait until boil.
  5. Add the chicken, wait until the water starts to boil again then add the mushrooms
  6. Season with salt and fishsfauce.
  7. Serve in a serving bowl, squeeze in about 1/2 – 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
  8. Garnich with coriander and add any extra seasoning or chillies if needed.
  9. Served with a nice hot plate of rice and ENJOY !