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Tom Kha Gai!

Here's a post about how to make Tom Kha Gai, the best soup on planet earth! Tom Kha is a Thai soup with a creamy coconut milk base, the rich and sharp flavor of Thai ginger (galangal), lemongrass, lime, mushrooms, tomato, and cilantro.

When made with chicken (as below), it's called Tom Kha Gai, but it can easily be made with various other forms of protein and slightly tweaked to be made vegetarian if you wish.

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What you'll need—

Galangal (a good hunk)

Lemongrass (1-2 stalks)

Coconut milk (1 can)

Chicken broth (1 can)

Kaffir lime leaves (handfull)

Thai chillies (handfull)

Shallot (2 medium/4 small), or onion

Tomato (1 medium, or equivalent amount of cherry tomatoes)

Lime (1, or less if you want less of a tang)

Mushrooms, any kind (about a cup, or more if your mushroom whimsy calls you)

Chicken (~1 lb)

Fish sauce (2 tbsp)

Palm sugar (1 tsp), or brown sugar

Cilantro (hanfull)

Green onion (handfull chopped)

Ingredient notes—

Galangal: this is sometimes called "Thai ginger." Some recipes suggest substituting ginger for galangal if you can't find it. Don't! Tom Kha (tom = "to boil," kha = "galangal") is ALL about the galangal! Alternatives if you can't find it fresh: frozen (like below), or powders/pastes.

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Lemongrass: if you can't find this near you, try a lemongrass powder or paste.

Makrut/kaffir lime leaves: these are bought dried, so they're easy to buy online if you can't find them locally.

Recipe—

Pour chicken broth into medium size pot and add the shallot. Turn heat to medium high.

Pound the lemongrass and galangal to bring out the flavor, then add to broth.

Bring to boil.

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and add.

Add coconut milk, mushrooms, tomatoes, chilles, palm sugar, fish sauce, mushrooms, and lime leaves. (Everything except lime, cilantro, green onion.)

Turn the heat down and simmer ~15 minutes until chicken is cooked.

Turn off the heat, add lime juice, cilantro, and green onion. Enjoy! Serve with rice if you'd like.

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