The Best Thai Tom Kha Soup Recipes

VEGGIE-PACKED AUTHENTIC TOM KHA GOONG

Steps:

• Warm the pot to medium heat and add sesame oil.
• Add shallots and bell peppers and saute until aromatic.
• Add shrimp and stir until mostly cooked.
• Remove everything from the pot and set aside.
• Add chicken broth, water, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and cilantro to the pot.
• Simmer on medium-high heat for 10 minutes, then strain out the herbs using a fine mesh sieve and discard.
• While the broth is cooking, cube the eggplant, shred the carrots, and chop the mushrooms to the size of your preference.
• Lower the heat to simmering and add coconut sugar. Stir to let it dissolve.
• Add all veggies except the tomatoes, Thai chilis, and scallions.
• Stir in soy sauce, and cover the pot for 10 more minutes.
• Turn heat off and add shrimp mixture, fish sauce, coconut milk, and the lime juice.
• Serve immediately with garnishes of cilantro, lime, additional thai chilis, and sriracha.

TOM KHA GAI THAI SOUP

Steps:

• Devein lime leaves and cut into very thin slices; set aside.
• Combine chicken broth and coconut milk in a large pot; bring to a boil. Add chiles, galangal, and ginger and simmer over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Add chicken, sliced lime leaves, and lemon grass and continue to cook until chicken is no longer pink in the centers, about 10 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and add the drained straw mushrooms, fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice. Stir well, and serve with plenty of fresh cilantro on top as a garnish.

BEST EVER TOM KHA GAI - THAI COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium pot, heat the coconut oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, jalapeno or chile, galangal or ginger, lemongrass, and red curry paste and cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, or until onions are softened. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Strain out the aromatics (the garlic, onions, lemongrass, and ginger) and discard. Add in coconut cream or milk, chicken breast (or tofu or shrimp), and mushrooms. Simmer until chicken breast pieces are just cooked through, then add fish sauce, coconut aminos (or coconut sugar), and lime juice, plus more of each to taste.
• Cook 2 minutes, then ladle into serving bowls and top with sliced green onions and fresh cilantro.

THAI TOM KHA SOUP

Steps:

• In 4qt or larger, heavy-bottomed pot, begin heating chicken broth and coconut milk on low-medium heat.
• Add the other ingredients for the broth, down through the brown sugar, as you prepare them.
• Bring broth to a slow simmer; never allow it to reach a rolling boil, and do not cover it at any time during cooking.
• When broth is simmering, begin adding remaining ingredients starting with the chicken, as you prepare them in the order listed, stirring regularly.
• Make sure the chicken is fully cooked by the time you add the cilantro--if you cube the chicken finely enough and use a normal length of time preparing the vegetables, this should not be an issue, but allow it to simmer a few extra minutes if necessary before adding the cilantro.
• About a minute after adding the cilantro, taste the soup and add some additional lime juice as desired to punch up the flavor (maybe 1-2 T--don't overdo it!).
• Serve immediately.

THE BEST THAI TOM KHA SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring coconut milk and chicken stock to a boil in a pot over high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Add cilantro, lemongrass, galangal, Thai chile peppers, and kaffir lime leaves; simmer for 5 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high heat. Add chicken; simmer until no longer pink in the center, about 7 minutes. Stir in cabbage; cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove soup from heat; stir in lime juice and fish sauce.

EASY TOM KHA THAI COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• To velvet chicken: Lightly beat egg white and combine with cornstarch. Toss the chicken strips or cubes in this mixture, then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Heat the water and oil in a pot or a wok, until it's hot enough that a piece of chicken floats to the top when you put it inches Put the chicken in, in shifts if you have to to keep it from crowding, and cook until it's white, about 30 seconds. If you're not using the chicken straight away, refrigerate it until you do.
• To prepare the soup: Heat coconut milk and chicken broth to boiling.
• Turn down heat, add fish sauce, chili sauce, ginger, lemon and lime juices, and lemon zest, chicken, and mushrooms and simmer for a couple minutes.
• Add chopped green onions and chopped cilantro and serve.