Thai Style Chicken Soup Recipe 495

THAI-STYLE CHICKEN SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Cut off and discard top of lemongrass, leaving 6-inch stalks, then finely chop. Cook lemongrass, shallots, and garlic in oil in a large heavy pot over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until well browned, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add stock, reserved tomato juice, tamarind, fish sauce, chiles, lime leaves, and ginger and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• While soup simmers, freeze chicken breast just until slightly firm, 20 to 30 minutes, then thinly slice crosswise.
• Strain stock through a fine-mesh sieve into a large saucepan, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return to a simmer and stir in chicken, diced tomatoes, snow peas, and basil. Gently simmer just until chicken is cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with additional fish sauce and salt.

THAI CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large stock pot over medium heat. Add oil, carrots, onion, and bell pepper. Cook for about 3 minutes. Add chicken and mix well. Add garlic. Cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix in chicken broth, coconut milk, curry paste, salt, and pepper. Bring soup to a boil, about 5 minutes. Add noodles and allow soup to come to a boil again. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 3 minutes.
• Cover the pot, remove from heat, and let sit just until noodles are tender, 5 to 10 minutes.

THAI-STYLE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 Tablespoon peanut oil in a pan, cook, chicken in batches until browned, remove and set to one side.
• In the same pan heat the remaining oil and add the leek and garlic, cook, stirring, until soft.
• Transfer the leek and garlic to a large saucepan along with the chicken, add curry powder, cumin and coriander, stir, until fragrant.
• Stir in stock, lemon grass, milk and sambal, bring to the boil, simmer, uncovered, 10 Min's.
• Mix the tablespoon of water with cornflour, add this along with the fish sauce, stir over heat until soup boils and thickens.
• Just before serving stir in capsicum, onion, juice and coriander.
• Serve soup hot by itself or with bread.