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Thai Chicken and Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped coriander leaves and stalks
- 1 Garlic clove, crushed
- ¼ tsp Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp Melted lard, chicken fat or oil
- 4 ½ cups Chicken stock
- 1¼ cups Mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp nam pla or anchovy essence
- 4 oz Boneless cooked chicken breast, cut into thin strips
- 2 Green onions, trimmed and sliced across thinly
- Salt
Method
- Combine the garlic, coriander and pepper in a mortar and pound them to a paste.
- In a small frying-pan over medium heat, heat the lard, chicken fat or vegetable oil and when hot sauté the garlic mixture for 1 minute.
- Remove the mixture from the heat and reserve.
- Combine the stock, mushrooms, nam pla and the garlic mixture in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken and simmer just long enough to heat it through.
- Sprinkle with the spring onions, taste for seasoning and add a little salt if necessary.
- Enjoy!
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