tom kar kai (spicy chicken coconut soup)
Relentless winter! That’s what we’re having. I say enough!
But who am I to argue with mother nature, right? All I could do is wait (impatiently) ’til she decides to once again give birth to spring.
In the meantime, bodies are soothed these days with soup soup soup. Especially the (bit) spicy ones like my long time favorite,
Tom Kar Kai or spicy chicken coconut soup, sure helps break out some forehead sweat.
Ingredients for 2 persons:
2 cups coconut milk
3 dried kaffir lime leaves
1 inch fresh galangal, sliced thinly
1tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
1tsp sugar
1 tsp sliced chili or 1-2 tbsp red curry pasta (if you use the latter, go easy on your fish sauce)
2 stalks lemon grass, sliced into 1 inch-pieces
350g chicken breast fillet, cut into bitesize
100 g champignons I’ve used our local kastanjeboleet which is brown in color
coriander leaves
- in a saucepan, bring coconut milk to boil. add kaffir leaves, galangal, lemon juice, fish sauce, lemon grass and chili (or red curry pasta) let simmer for about 5 minutes. add chicken and champignons, simmer for another 5 minutes. taste to see if extra lime juice, fish sauce and sugar is needed. if soup is too thick, simply add more coconut milk or water. before turning the heat off, mix in a bit of coriander leaves.
before serving, top with coriander leaves. Eet se!
Comments
tita thess!
i will try this! i’m so into anything with coconut milk!:)
Hi Tita Thess,
Kumusta ka na? I made Halang-Halang the other day it is similar to this dish I think- but it’s really good especially with a different variety of chicken coconut soup yummy!
Ingat po!
Tin
CES: Hi tita Ces ( ha ha, naki tita na rin ako
) hey, maybe we should form a cocoNUT gurl band *lol*..i love cocomilk too!
XTINE: yours truly is doing okay, tnx..hope u are 2…yep, ive seen your halang-halang chicken only that leans more to tinola taste (imo) while this is more ‘pittig’(spicy due to the paste) ..nevertheless, I would love to try halang halang by ms. sassy too
i think i will use wild spinach to replace chili leaves
take care, tin!
hmmmm another interesting recipe and looks easy to do
i am also one who’s had enough of winter!
hello ISKA! it’s really easy
thanks for stopping by and i wish you and your family a fine weekend.
hi,
thanks for stopping on my site.
i read that you love thai food.me too. i lawyas visit bangkok verytime i get the chance.
wuz in bangkok last august for 10 days to learn thai cooking both ways. i was learning in a professional kitchen in the morning. in the evening, i was exploring how to dish up thai food in a thai home kitchen. will probably return again this summer for more thai food experience.
will add your link on mine, ok?
Hi everyone!
I have made this soup, and it is so EASY, and so YUMMY!!! My husband, who is filipino, loves this too! Not sure if he likes that I at least try and experiment, or the food more! LOL!!
Anyway, thank you (Salamat po) for posting this recipe, it is AMAZING!!
MICHELLE: Hello there! I’m sure your hubby loves you more for both (experimenting and preparing this
)
You are very much welcome. I’m glad to share whatever I’ve learned to others