How to cook Thai Chicken and Galangal in Coconut Cream Soup

Chicken and Galangal Coconut Cream Soup doesn't take long to cook. You can replace the chicken with any meat or seafood. Now you can learn to cook this dish at home using the free online video. In the online video you will be taught by Thai Chef Chanrat Karatna, nickname Air, and his staff not only how to cook Thai Chicken and Galangal Coconut Cream Soup but about the ingredients at his cooking school, Air's Thai Culinary Kitchen in Chiang Mai Thailand. Copy the recipe below then watch the Thai Chicken and Galangal Coconut Cream Soup video and take notes.

The 9 minute video is located at http://www.all-thailand-exp.com/images/thai_chicken_coconut_cream_soup.wmv

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• ¾ cup chicken stock or plain water
• 200g chicken breast (skinned)
• 10g thinly sliced fresh young galangal
• ½ cup coconut cream
• ¾ cup coconut milk
• 6g kaffir lime leaves, stem removed and torn
• 10g red shallots. peeled
• 40g straw mushrooms sliced, substitute with chanterelles or oysters mushrooms torn
• 10 grams or 1 stalk of lemon grass bruised and sliced into 1 inch lengths
• 1 tbsp coriander or cilantro leaves
• 1 coriander root scraped
• 1 - 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 - 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 10g red bird’s eye chilies

1. In a sauce pan, combine stock or water with coconut cream and coconut milk. Boil over high heat.

2. Add the galangal, lemongrass, red shallots, chilies, coriander root and mushrooms. Reduce heat, add the chicken and simmer until tender.

3. Add the kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce and lime juice and continue simmering until fragrant.

4. Remove from heat and transfer to the serving bowl. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve.
   
   The soup should be rich and creamy, salty, sour and spicy.

Resources

• Cooking Thai Food Recipes and free online videos