Chicken and Coconut Milk Soup (Gaeng Com Yam Gai)
5 c "Thin" coconut milk 1 sm Chicken, sectioned and cut -into bite-sized pieces -(bone-in) 3 Stalks lemon grass, bruised -and cut into 1" lengths 2 ts Laos powder (Ka) 3 Green onio...
Ingredients
- 5cup "thin" coconut milk
- 1small chicken, sectioned and cut
- 3green onions, finely chopped
- 2tbsp coriander leaves, chipped
- 4to 6 fresh serrano
Directions
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5 c "Thin" coconut milk 1 sm Chicken, sectioned and cut -into bite-sized pieces -(bone-in) 3 Stalks lemon grass, bruised -and cut into 1" le
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The "Laos" powder is dried galangal, powdered
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Unlike ginger, dried galangal seems to retain most of it's character
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If you use canned coconut milk, the "Thin" milk is the more watery liquid in the can
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The thick condensed stuff is coconut "cream" (not to be confused with the syrupy sweet coconut cream used for Pina Coladas)
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If you shake the can up and combine the two, you have thick coconut milk
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A lovely lemony, creamy soup, Dom Yam Gai calls for chicken pieces cut through the bone with a heavy cleaver, Chinese style
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If you find gnawing on chicken pieces and delicately trying to remove the bone, vainly searching for a place to deposit it, inhibiting your