(Spicy Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk)
Preparation
Ingredients
400 g chicken meat 1 cup chicken stock 1 bulb galangal 2 lemon grass 3 kaffir
lime leaves 100 g straw mushroom 1 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons lime juice 3
tablespoon fish sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar 3 cups thin coconut milk 6 bird's-eye
chillies
Preparation 1. Torn the kaffir lime leaves into small pieces, cut chicken
meat into 1 inch strips, cut lemon grass into 2 inch long, Slice the galangal,
Bruise the chillies.
2. Place the stock in a pot, add the lemon grass, galangal and kaffir lime
leaves. Bring to the boil over the medium heat.
3. Add the chicken, mushrooms, salt, lime juice, fish sauce and sugar. Cook
slowly for 10 minutes.
4. Add the coconut milk and chillies. Bring almost to the boil, stirring
frequently, then remove from heat.