Tom Kha Gai in Red Curry
Tom Kha Gai in Red Curry

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It is one of the easiest, quickest, yet most FLAVORFUL soups you will ever taste! Tom Khai Gai consists of warm coconut broth infused with lemongrass, red curry, galangal, and basil, with thinly sliced tender chicken, mushrooms. In Thailand, tom kha gai (ต้มข่าไก่) is eaten more like a curry instead of a soup, paired with a plate of rice and spooned onto your rice before eating it.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tom kha gai in red curry using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tom Kha Gai in Red Curry:
  1. Make ready 1 (1 inch) ginger, peeled
  2. Get 10 kaffir lime leaves or 1 tbsp lime zest and 1/4 cup lime juice
  3. Prepare 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
  4. Take 4 pieces chicken breast, cut into strips
  5. Take 1 cup shiitake or button mushrooms, cut into half
  6. Get 1 can coconut milk
  7. Take 2 tbsp fish sauce
  8. Prepare 1 tsp sugar
  9. Make ready 2 stalks fresh lemongrass
  10. Take Chilli oil, cilantro leaves and lime wedges (to serve)

Tom Kha Gai - a warming. Tom Kha Gai is a highly popular Thai soup known for its intense and aromatic flavors and its rich and creamy coconut-infused broth. Tom Kha Gai translates as "boiled galangal chicken." Galangal looks similar to ginger and is related to it, but has a more peppery and pungent flavor. Today we're going to make Tom Kha Gai, and you guessed it - Gai means 'chicken'.

Steps to make Tom Kha Gai in Red Curry:
  1. Lightly smash lemongrass and ginger to release its flavor. Cut lemongrass stalk into 4 pieces
  2. Bring lemongrass, ginger, kaffir leaves and chicken broth to a boil. Reduce to a steady simmer until the flavors are melded, 10 minutes. Strain the aromatics.
  3. Add chicken and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and add mushrooms until tender, 20 minutes.
  4. Mix in coconut milk, fish sauce and sugar. Simmer. Stirring occasionally. 5-10 minutes.
  5. Serve hot with the chili oil, cilantro and lime wedges.

Personally, I feel there is no substitute for fish sauce. I like the Red Boat brand of fish sauce. Instant Pot Thai Green Curry is a creamy coconut curry with the flavors of green chilies, Thai Basil, lime, coriander. Tom kha gai (ต้มข่าไก่) is not meant to be an overly spicy Thai dish, like some can be. Instead, it's a Thai dish that focuses on the flavor of the coconut milk and the fresh ingredients.

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