Best 7 Tom Kha Kai Soup Recipes

TOM KHA KAI - THAI COCONUT/CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Cut lower portion of lemon grass into 1 inch lengths and crush. Tear kaffir lime leaves in half. Combine half the coconut milk with the broth, galangal, lemon grass and lime leaves in a large saucepan and heat to boiling.
• 2. Add the chicken, fish sauce and sugar. Simmer for about 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked, then add remaining coconut milk.
• 3. Heat just to boiling, add chili paste and lime juice, stir until blended. Garnish with cilantro leaves and crushed chili peppers.
• 4. NOTE: The galangal and lemon grass are for flavoring, not to eat! When I can't get fresh kaffir lime leaves at my local Asian market, I substitute kaffir lime powder. Fresh leaves, lemon grass and galangal can all be successfully frozen. I've also used minced lemon grass in a tube from the produce section. Powdered galangal is available, too. Fresh is better, of course!

TOM KHA KAI (CHICKEN COCONUT SOUP)

Steps:

• Combine half the coconut milk with the galangal, lemon grass, and lime leaves in a large sauce pan and heat to boiling.
• Add chicken, fish sauce, and sugar.
• Simmer for about 4 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked, and then add the remaining coconut milk.
• Heat just to boiling and turn off the heat.
• Place the lime juice and chilli paste in a serving bowl and pour the soup over them.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and crushed chillies.

THAI CHICKEN SOUP WITH COCONUT (TOM KHA KAI)

Steps:

• Bring stock, ginger, lemongrass & lime zest to a boil. Cook one minute then add coconut milk & chicken breast. Simmer until chicken is cooked through.
• Combine chili paste, lemon juice, fish sauce and brown sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add to soup w/ mushroom slices & diced chilis. Simmer until mushrooms are soft.
• Serve after removing ginger chunks & lemongrass pieces.

THAI CHICKEN AND COCONUT SOUP (TOM KHA KAI)

Steps:

• Pour the chicken stock into a wok over a high heat.
• Add the Kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, ginger, chillies, coriander stems and roots.
• Bring to the boil and reduce the heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes pressing the solids with a wooden spoon to release the flavour until reduced by half.
• Add coconut milk and simmer gently for 3 minutes.
• Add the chicken and stir for 30 seconds until chicken is just cooked.
• Stir through the lime juice, sugar and fish sauce.
• Serve immediately sprinkled with coriander leaves.

COCONUT SOUP WITH CHICKEN, GALANGA ROOT : TOM KHA KAI

Steps:

• Put the chicken broth or water into the pot and bring to boil over medium to medium high heat.
• Add salt, lemongrass, galanga allow to simmer for 10 minutes Reduce the medium heat. Add sliced chicken in to the pot- do not stir until the soup boils again to avoid the releasing it's smell.
• Add flavor by fish sauce and lime juice. Store and taste should be sour first, not too creaminess. Serve with hot boil rice. BON APPÉTIT.

TOM KHA KAI (CHICKEN COCONUT SOUP) 2

Steps:

• Cut lower portion of lemon grass into 1 inch lengths and crush.
• Tear kaffir lime leaves in half.
• Combine half the coconut milk with the broth, galangal, lemon grass and lime leaves in a large saucepan and heat to boiling.
• Add the chicken, fish sauce and sugar.
• Simmer for about 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked, then add remaining coconut milk.
• Heat just to boiling, add chili paste and lime juice, stir until blended.
• Garnish with cilantro leaves and crushed chili peppers.
• NOTE: The galangal and lemon grass are for flavoring, not to eat! When I can't get fresh kaffir lime leaves at my local Asian market, I substitute kaffir lime powder. Fresh leaves, lemon grass and galangal can all be successfully frozen.

TOM KHA KAI SOUP

Steps:

• Place water, coconut milk, chicken bouillon, lime leaves, lemongrass, galangal and chilies in large pot and bring to a boil. Add tomatoes, quartered onion, mushrooms and chicken/shrimp and cook 1-2 minutes. Add fish sauce, palm sugar, chili paste, and lime juice, season to taste. Stir in cilantro and green onions and remove from heat.