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Chicken in Coconut Milk Soup - Gai Tom Kha

Yields:6 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation10 minutes
Cooking20 minutes
Ready In30 minutes

Ingredients

4 cups coconut milk medium
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
3 pieces galangal (siamese ginger), quartersized pieces, or, 6 pieces fresh galangal
4 Stalks lemon grass fresh , bruised, cut into 2inch lengths
1 large chicken breast boned , cut into 1/2in pieces
4 tablespoons fish sauce nam pla
5 each kaffir lime leaves fresh
4 each serrano chiles fresh , sliced into rounds
2 each limes fresh, juiced
2 tablespoons cilantro leaves fresh,

Directions

In a saucepan, bring the coconut milk, chicken stock, galangal and lemon grass to a boil; reduce and simmer for 20 minutes.

Strain stock; discard galangal and lemon grass.

Return stock to a boil, add chicken and reduce to a simmer until tender (about 2 minutes).

Add fish sauce, citrus leaves and chiles.

Stir in lime juice. Garnish with more chiles to taste and coriander leaves.

Serve hot.

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Baked Chicken Breasts with Honey Mustard Sauce

I slightly modified this recipe taking out the yogurt and soy sauce but followed all of the other directions as printed and it turned out great! much better than expected

 
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