Tom Kha Gai

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3.8 26
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 Onions
  • 1–2 Sticks of lemongrass
  • 20 g fresh ginger root
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 TEASPOON red curry paste
  • 750 ml Vegetable broth
  • 1 can(s) (400 ml) Coconut milk
  • 150 g Mushrooms
  • 300 g Carrots
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 300 g Courgette
  • 1/2 can(s) (225 g each) Bamboo strips
  • 2 Spring onions
  • 50 g Mung bean sprouts
  • 350 g Chicken filet
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 3-4 Tbsp Lime juice
  • 1/2 small pot of coriander

Directions

  1. 1

    Onions peel, halve and in strips cut. Remove the outer rind from the lemon grass, chop the inside roughly. Peel and chop the ginger and garlic. Heat the oil in a pot.

  2. 2

    Briefly sauté the onions, lemongrass, ginger, garlic and curry paste in it, then deglaze with broth and coconut milk. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 minutes.

  3. 3

    In the meantime clean, wash and slice the mushrooms. Peel carrots and cut into small pieces. Clean, wash and slice the zucchini. Put the bamboo strips in a sieve and let them drain.

  4. 4

    Wash and clean spring onions and cut into rings. Put the sprouts in a sieve and rinse briefly under cold water.

  5. 5

    Wash the meat, dab dry and cut into strips. Pour stock through a fine sieve into a pot. Add chicken, mushrooms, carrots, bamboo strips and zucchini, bring to the boil and simmer for 5-6 minutes.

  6. 6

    Add sprouts and spring onions about 1 minute before the end of the cooking time. Season soup with soy sauce, sugar and lime juice to taste. Wash the coriander, shake dry and chop the upper 1/3 of the stems coarsely.

  7. 7

    Arrange the soup in bowls and sprinkle with coriander.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
370 kcal
CARBS
11 g
FATS
24 g
PROTEINS
25 g