Cookbook:Tom Kha Kai
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Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | Thai Cuisine
Tom Kha Kai | |
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Category | Thai recipes |
Servings | 5 |
Time | ½ hour |
Difficulty |
Tom kha kai (or tom kha gai) is a Thai soup with the distinct, very Thai flavor of galangal, a rhizome somewhat similar to ginger. Kha means "galangal" in Thai. This version of the soup is made with chicken (kai or gai).
Variation I[edit | edit source]
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
For 5 servings:
- 2½ cups (600 ml) coconut milk
- 3¼ cups (775 ml) chicken stock
- 4 stalks lemongrass, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces or split lengthwise
- 2 x 1-inch (5 x 2.5 cm) cube galangal, sliced thin
- 3–4 mini chilies, finely chopped
- 400 g chicken, cubed
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 1 tomato, quartered and peeled
- 1 cup (150 g) mushrooms, sliced
- 1½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 3 Tablespoons lime juice
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 Tablespoons cilantro
Procedure[edit | edit source]
- Bring stock and coconut milk to a boil.
- Add lemongrass, galangal, chilies, sugar and pepper.
- Add onion, tomato, chicken bits, and mushrooms.
- Keep at a rolling boil for 4 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat.
- Stir in lime juice and soy sauce.
- Garnish with cilantro and chilies.
Variation II – One bowl[edit | edit source]
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) coconut milk
- ⅔ cups (160 ml) chicken stock
- ½ stalk lemongrass (cut into 1" bits)
- 3 thin slices galangal (or ginger, but see above note)
- 1 mini chili, finely chopped
- 6 cubes chicken
- ¼ onion
- ⅓ tomato, halved and peeled
- 1 mushroom, cut into 6 pieces
- ¼ tsp sugar
- ⅛ tsp pepper
- dash lime juice
- dash soy sauce
Notes, tips, and variations[edit | edit source]
- You can substitute ginger, as galangal and ginger are similar, but the flavors are different.
Warnings[edit | edit source]
- Always wash your hands with soap immediately after you are done cutting chili peppers.