If You Can Only Make ONE Dish, Make Tom Kha Gai

Name: If You Can Only Make ONE Dish, Make Tom Kha Gai
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Chicken stock; 1 ½ cups Coconut milk; ½ tsp Salt; 1 lb Chicken thigh; 1 stalk Lemongrass; 12 Galangal; 5 + 2 ½ tbsp Lime; 1–3 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Fish sauce; 1 tsp Sugar, finely chopped; 5 ½ oz Oyster mushroom; Scallion, chopped; Rice

By Pailin's Kitchen · 30 min

Ingredients

Chicken stock2 cups
Coconut milk1 ½ cups
Salt½ tsp
Chicken thigh1 lb
Lemongrass1 stalk
Galangal12
Lime5 + 2 ½ tbsp
Chili pepper1–3
Fish sauce2 tbsp
Sugar · finely chopped1 tsp
Oyster mushroom5 ½ oz
Scallion · chopped
Rice

Instructions

Bring the chicken stock to a boil, then add the salt and chicken. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, until the chicken is fork-tender.
Add the coconut milk, lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves, chilies, mushrooms, about half the fish sauce and the sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Taste and add more fish sauce as needed. Turn off the heat, add about 2 tablespoons of lime juice, taste, and add more if needed.
Top with green onion and/or cilantro. Remove the herbs before serving, or tell guests not to eat them.

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