Chicken and coconut soup

Recipes / Meat

Add this Asian-inspired chicken soup recipe to your repertoire for a tasty, delicious and healthy meal.

Recipe «Chicken and coconut soup» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 4 stalks lemongrass, white part only, bruised, 10 kaffir lime leaves, crushed, 5cm piece fresh galangal, thinly sliced, 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk, 4 cups chicken stock , 2 chicken breast fillets, 1/4 cup fish sauce, 2 tbsp lime juice , 1 tbsp finely chopped palm sugar, 1 carrot, peeled, cut into matchsticks, 2 green onions, thinly sliced lengthways, 2 red birdseye chillies, thinly sliced diagonally, Finely shredded kaffir lime leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 4 stalks lemongrass, white part only, bruised 
  • 10 kaffir lime leaves, crushed 
  • 5cm piece fresh galangal, thinly sliced 
  • 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk 
  • 4 cups chicken stock 
  • 2 chicken breast fillets 
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce 
  • 2 tbsp lime juice 
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped palm sugar 
  • 1 carrot, peeled, cut into matchsticks 
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced lengthways 
  • 2 red birdseye chillies, thinly sliced diagonally 
  • Finely shredded kaffir lime leaves, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Place the lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, coconut milk and chicken stock in a large saucepan over low heat. Cook, covered, for 1 hour to develop the flavours.
  2. Add the chicken to the stock mixture and cook, covered, for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to transfer chicken to a heatproof bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Shred the chicken with your fingers.
  3. Pour the stock mixture though a fine sieve into a clean saucepan. Discard the lemongrass mixture. Place over medium heat and add the chicken, fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and carrot. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until heated though.
  4. Ladle soup among serving bowls. Top with green onion, chilli slices and shredded kaffir lime leaves, if desired.