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- From: waring@ima.infomail.com (Sam Waring)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Tom Kha Gai
- Date: 25 Feb 1995 03:55:14 -0700
- Organization: Austin InfoMail Association - Austin, TX
- Message-ID: <2a9_9502231821@ima.infomail.com>
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- -Begin Recipe Export- QBook version 1.00.14
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- Title: Gai Thom Kha
- Keywords: chicken, soup, Thai
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- Yield: 6 servings
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- 2 Lemon grass stalk
- 3 T Siamese ginger; sliced
- 4 Garlic cloves
- 3 Peppercorns
- 7 Coriander roots
- 23 Shallots
- 4 c Coconut milk, medium-thick
- 1 lb Chicken, white; sliced
- 5 red chilies (prik khee
- -nu); minced
- 4 T Nam pla
- 4 T Lime juice
- 5 Krapau leaf; shredded
- 3 Cilantro sprig; chopped
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- Wash lemon grass and trim root ends and tough layers. Slice bottom 6
- inches thinly. Chop 1 T. of this. Puree chopped lemon grass, 1 T. of
- sliced ginger, garlic, peppercorns, coriander roots and shallots. Bring
- 1 cup of coconut milk to boil and add lemon grass mixture. While
- stirring, reduce heat to medium and add chicken, remaining coconut milk,
- ginger slices and lemon grass. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer
- uncovered until chicken is tender. Season with chilies, fish sauce and
- lime juice. Decorate servings with lime leaves and coriander sprigs.
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- To make coconut milk: Blend 2 cups fresh or frozen grated coconut with
- water. Strain through double cheesecloth, pressing out all liquid.
- This is thick coconut milk. To get hin milk, add warm water to residue
- from first straining. Let stand 5 minutes, then press as before.
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- For coconut cream, refrigerate first pressing and cream will rise to
- top. Refrigerate or freeze. Two cups coconut makes 3 cups thick milk,
- of which 6 tablespoons is cream.
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