Here is a really simple way of making an extremely flavorsome, deliciously sumptuous, taste bud tingling Thai flavoured soup, using chicken broth.
So you have made a great big pot of healthy but slightly plain tasting chicken broth and you are wondering, what do I do with the remaining 4 litres of broth once I have had a couple of glasses.
The answer is to find easy soup recipes with chicken broth as on of the main ingredients…… And here is such a recipe….
This recipe originally hails from fragrant Thailand. Its super easy to make and is a great way of utilising a big pot of left over bone broth. It can be made with fresh bone broth or you can defrost frozen broth cubes. It literally takes minutes to make and is super healthy as well as being super duper tasty. Win win. I am personally addicted to the stuff.
The official name of this broth soup is Tom Kha Gai, which literally translates to Chicken galangal soup. It is a coconut milk and broth based soup that has a spicy and fragrant flavour.
Tom Kha Gai – Easy soup recipes with chicken broth
Ingredients
- 1 litre of home made chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk
- 1/4 teaspoon of dried chili flakes
- 3 teaspoons of freshly grated galangal (ginger)
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 lemongrass stalks, white part only sliced on an angle
- 2 table spoons of fish sauce (to taste)
- 2 cups of sliced cooked chicken
- 1 or 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 teaspoon of palm sugar (or normal sugar)
- 6 kaffir lime leaves
- Thai basil or cilantro to serve
Method
Ok, here is the easy part…..Bring your delicious home made chicken broth to a boil, skim off any foam that rises to the top add the coconut milk and reduce the heat to the simmer in a saucepan. Add the cooked chicken, lemongrass, shallots, chilli, galangal and kaffir lime leaves and simmer for 5 mins. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Have a taste at this stage and adjust the flavours to taste. Serve up in bowls or mugs, with Thai basil or cilantro sprinkled on top and some extra chilli if the urge takes you. Deeeelish!
PS: you can also add some tomatoes and mushrooms to make things even more decadent.
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