Thai Style Chicken Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 leek, sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 500 g chicken thigh fillets, thinly sliced
• 1 liter water
• 3 chicken stock cubes, crumbled
• 1 stalk lemongrass, halved
• 400 ml coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
• 1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 tablespoon water, extra
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1 small red chile, deseeded and sliced
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in pan, add leek and garlic, cook, stirring until leek is soft.
• 2 stir in curry powder, cumin and coriander, cook, stirring until fragrant.
• 3 add chicken, cook, stirring until chicken is lightly browned.
• 4 stir in water, stock cubes, lemon grass, coconut milk and sambal oelek.
• 5 bring to boil, simmer, uncovered for about 10 minutes.
• 6 blend cornflour with extra water and fish sauce.
• 7 stir through soup until soup boils and thickens.
• 8 remove and discard lemon grass.
• 9 stir in chilli, shallots, lime juice and coriander.