Tom Yum Gai

Tom Yum Gai — a chicken recipe, 10 ingredients, about 30 min.

Serves 4 · 30 min · Chicken

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 400 grams (about 1 lb) boneless chicken meat, diced
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 100 grams (3.5 oz) straw mushrooms, halved
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 fresh lemongrass stem, cut into short lengths
  • 2–3 kaffir lime leaves, torn
  • 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
  • 4 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 5–6 hot fresh Thai chilies, just broken with pestle

Steps

  1. Place the stock in a pot, add the lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, and bring to boil over medium heat.
  2. Add the chicken meat, mushroom, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar; cook slowly and uncovered for 10 minutes. Do not stir.
  3. Add the tomatoes and chilies and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. Serve with steamed jasmine rice.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0