Thai Coconut Chicken Soup
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- CALORIES
- 44g
- PROTEIN
- 10g
- CARBS
- 13g
- FAT
Macros are for one serving as written. Make gives you more servings of the same size; Portion resizes one serving and moves the macros with it.
Ingredients
- 700g (1.5 lb) chicken breast, sliced thin
- 400g (1.75 cups) light coconut milk
- 250g (3.5 cups) mushrooms, sliced
- 150g (1 medium) onion, sliced
- 60ml (1/4 cup) lime juice
- 20g (4 tsp) fresh ginger, sliced into coins
- 12g (4 cloves) garlic, minced
- 1 tsp (4ml) sesame oil
- 3 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1-2 red chillies, coriander
- 900ml / 4 cups chicken stock; 2 lemongrass stalks, bruised
10 ingredients, each with the gram weight the macros above were computed from.
Method
- Warm the sesame oil and cook the onion, ginger, garlic and bruised lemongrass 3 min, just until fragrant.
- Add the stock and simmer 10 min with the lid off. This is where the broth actually gets its flavour, so do not rush it.
- Fish out the lemongrass stalks and the ginger coins.
- Add the mushrooms and simmer 5 min.
- Drop the heat until the surface is barely moving, then add the sliced chicken. It will cook through in 4 min at this temperature and go tough in 4 min at a boil.
- Stir in the coconut milk and warm it through without boiling - boiled coconut milk separates into oil and grit.
- Take the pot off the heat entirely before the lime juice and fish sauce go in. Heat drives off everything sharp and bright about both.
- Taste and adjust: it should land sour first, then salty, then sweet. Finish with chilli and coriander.
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How Plus worksTip: lime and fish sauce go in off the heat, always. Simmered, they turn flat and the soup tastes muddy instead of sharp.
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KeepsFridge 3 days. Reheat gently and add a fresh squeeze of lime - that is the part that fades.
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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.