Tom Yam Gai (Thai Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup with Lemongrass and Lime)
Serves: 6
Ingredients
PreparationIngredients
- 6 cups water Add to list
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder or 1-inch piece of fresh turmeric, smashed Add to list
- 3 lemongrass stalks, smashed and sliced into 1-inch lengths Add to list
- 8 shallots, smashed Add to list
- 8 dried red chile peppers, roasted Add to list
- 2 cups fresh mushrooms (oyster work well) Add to list
- 2 skin-on chicken breasts, sliced, or 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs Add to list
- 1/4 cup fish sauce Add to list
- 1/4 cup lime juice Add to list
- 8 Kaffir lime leaves or peels of 2 limes Add to list
- 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves Add to list
- 1 teaspoon salt Add to list
- 2 tablespoons Thai Kitchen roasted red chili paste Add to list
- 1 tablespoon sugar, optional Add to list
Preparation
In a medium saucepan, bring water to boil. Over high heat, add turmeric, lemongrass, shallots and red chile peppers and let boil for 1 minute. While the soup is boiling, stir in mushrooms, chicken, fish sauce, lime juice, Kaffir lime leaves, cilantro, salt, roasted red chili paste and sugar, if using. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
Each serving: 140 cal, 6g fat (1.5g sat), 30mg chol, 1,210mg sodium, 12g carb, 3g fiber, 14g protein
Recipe by , PCC Cooks instructor
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Nutritional info has been corrected
Hi Chris,
You're right — the nutritional facts were incorrect. Thanks for bringing our attention to this error and we apologize for the mistake. The nutritional information has been reevaluated by our nutrition educator and the facts have been updated (each serving is only 140 calories).
Happy cooking!
Lydia Cox
PCC Creative Writer
January 07, 2013 at 05:04 PM — lydcox
Quick, easy and very tasty.
The 8 roasted chilies put this at about 2 stars on a scale of 5 for heat. Using lime peels worked just fine, in fact, they mellowed and softened so could actually be eaten. I will slice the shallot cloves next time, the whole cloves were a little to large for eating with a spoon.
January 19, 2013 at 01:38 PM — chrisganet
Is this nutritional info correct?
I'm trying to understand how a water-based soup with no noodles or coconut milk ends up being 400 calories and 26g carbs per serving. Do you think this nutritional info is incorrect? I don't think there are ingredients missing (this is not Tom Ka Gai after all).
January 05, 2013 at 07:05 AM — chrisganet