Thai chicken coconut soup

Hey dearies,  yesterday we tried appetizers and today we going for a soup, I hope you liked the last post as much as I liked writing it .

Today we are travelling to Thailand (theoretically), we are going to make a Thai chicken coconut soup , this soup has a distinctive mellow flavor , when I say mellow I mean compared to other Thai soups that are “hot”.

This recipe serve for 4 .

Ingredients

• 300 gm boneless chicken – chopped
• 2 pieces of thinly sliced ginger
• 2 1/4 Cups of water
• 4 tbsp of crushed coriander sprigs with roots
• 12 black peppercorns -crushed
• 2 stems of lemon grass
• 2 green chilies ( remove seeds and thinly sliced)
• 1 tsp salt or to taste
• 6 kaffir lime leaves –  thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp lemon juice or to taste

How to prepare

• Place the chicken, ginger and water in a pan.
• Add chopped coriander, pepper, lemon grass, chilies, salt and kaffir leaves.
• Cook over low heat and bring to a boil.  Simmer ,covered , until the chicken is tender for about 5- 7 minutes.
• reduce heat and add coconut milk, stirring constantly.  Let it simmer for 2 minutes on low heat.  Remove from heat.
• Add soy sauce  and lemon juice to taste .
• Serve hot sprinkled with coriander leaves.