COCONUT MILK SOUP WITH CHICKEN (GAI DOM KHA)

Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken (Gai Dom Kha) image

Provided by Marian Burros

Categories weekday, soups and stews, appetizer

Time 42m

Yield 6 servings, as part of Thai meal

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 stalks lemon grass
3 tablespoons sliced Siamese ginger
4 cloves garlic, cut up
3 peppercorns
7 coriander roots, cut up
23 shallots
4 cups medium-thick coconut milk (see recipe)
1 pound sliced white meat chicken
5 red chiles, seeded and finely minced (prik khee nu)
4 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)
4 tablespoons lime juice
5 makrut lime leaves, finely shredded
3 sprigs coriander, chopped

Steps:

Wash and trim root ends of lemon grass. Peel off tough layers and slice bottom 6 inches thinly. Discard rest of the lemon grass. Chop one tablespoon.
With a food processor running add chopped lemon grass, 1 tablespoon sliced ginger, the garlic, peppercorns and coriander roots and shallots and process to rough paste.
Bring 1 cup of the coconut milk to a boil and add lemon grass mixture. Keep stirring, reduce heat and add chicken, the remaining coconut milk and the remaining ginger and lemon grass. Return mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is tender, about 3 minutes longer.
Add chilies, fish sauce and lime juice to soup.
Decorate with lime leaves and coriander sprigs and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 681, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 54 grams, Fat 45 grams, Fiber 11 grams, Protein 25 grams, SaturatedFat 32 grams, Sodium 1049 milligrams, Sugar 21 grams, TransFat 0 grams