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Title: Tom Khing Kai (Gingery Chicken Soup) Categories: Soups Yield: 1 Servings 2 c Chicken cut into bite sized -pieces 3 c Chicken stock; (3 to 4) 2 Stalks lemon grass; bruised -(this isn't eaten, but is -an essential flavorant) 2 "kaffir" lime leaves; (use -lime zest if you can't get -it) 2 Phak chi (coriander/cilantro -plants; including roots), -chopped 1 tb Prik ki nu; (green birdseye -chilis) thinly sliced. 1 tb Prik haeng (dried red -chilis); crushed The juice of 3 or 4 limes 2 tb Sliced bamboo shoots or -coconut shoots; (2 to 3) 2 tb Fish sauce.; (2 to 3) 2 tb Hom daeng (shallots); thinly -sliced 1 tb Kratiem (garlic); minced 1 tb Khing (fresh ginger); minced 1 tb Kha (fresh galangal); minced Prik Thai (freshly ground -black pepper); to taste -[optional] Heat a wok dry, and warm the dried chilis, then crumble them. Add a little oil to the wok, and sautee the chilis, ginger, galangal, shallots and garlic, until aromatic. In a medium sauce pan, bring the stock to a boil, add the sauteed ingredients, and the fish sauce and lime juice, and taste for balance, then add the remaining ingerdients, and bring back to the boil before adding the chicken. After about 1 minute taste for the balance of spices again, and then serve when the chicken is just cooked. Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 660 by "Diane Geary." |