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CHICKEN COCONUT SOUP

Ingredients

  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 8 large slices ginger
  • 1 stalk lemon grass cut into 2" pices
  • 12 kaffir lime leaves or peel from fresh lime
  • 2 cans unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1 lb chicken finely chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons Chili Tamarind paste
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons fish sauce
  • ½ lb sliced mushrooms
  • 2 small Thai chilies, stemmed and lightly crushed


Technique

  • Put stock, ginger, lime leaves and lemon grass in a soup pot. Bring to a boil and add coconut milk.
  • Stir in chicken and bring back to a boil.
  • Add chili tamarind paste, lemon juice, sugar and fish sauce.
  • Add mushrooms and chilies and simmer for 1 minute.
  • Serve
  • Note - Lemon grass, lime leaves and ginger are not meant to be eaten.


  


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