This creamy chicken tom yum soup I learned to make from my mom, so I can say this is my mom’s recipe. I promise you can make it as good as, if not better than, the ones in restaurants.
Coriander root and birdseye chillies, wash and smashed
Tomato and straw mushrooms, halved
Coriander, spring onion and cilantro cut into 2” long
Kaffir lime leaves, tear the rib from the leaves and crush the leaves a little.
Dried chillies, roasted.
PREP TIME : 10minutes
COOKING TIME : 50minutes
YIELD : 5 people
directions
Place 1600 ml of water in a large pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Then add the galangal, lemongrass, garlic, shallot, coriander root and a chicken flavored stock cube and stir until the stock cube dissolves and simmer for 2-3 minutes until the flavors infuse..
Then add chicken and use a ladle to press lightly to cover the chicken with water and simmer for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is tender over medium high heat.
Now add salt, sugar, fish sauce and concentrated tamarind and stir to combine then add the straw mushroom and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until the straw mushrooms are well cooked.
Then add Thai chili paste ( Nam Prik Pao),birdseye chili, evaporated milk and stir to combine. Then add spring onion, coriander, culanto, Kaffir lime leaves, tomato and roasted dried chili. Now turn the heat off and add lime juice then stir to combine and serve.