Thai coconut chicken soup

Thai coconut chicken soup

　　    Thai coconut chicken soup is a famous dish from Bangkok with a history of several hundred years. Since coconut milk is sweet and tends to be rich, in most Thai dishes, it is mainly used to flavor or color curry, and rarely used as a base for soup. However, this dish uses coconut milk instead of water to make the soup, giving it a unique twist. The soup includes ingredients such as galangal, lemongrass, cilantro, and bird’s eye chilies, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Once the soup comes to a boil, chicken pieces and shredded kaffir lime leaves are added. After boiling again, coconut milk is poured in along with seasonings and bird’s eye chilies, and then gently simmered until just cooked through.