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    Healthy, Rehabed Thai Coconut Soup, Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่)

    March 17, 2016 By Mod Shed 3 Comments

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    Healthy Thai Coconut Soup, Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่)

    Tom Kha

    Tom Kha

    So far, our most requested recipe has been this one. It was also one of my favorites when I was just in the dating stages of meeting my wife and started frequenting Thai restaurants more often. I would never have placed the combination of coconut and red pepper as a good flavor combination but the amount of people who ask for it as their regular says it all.

    The recipe in itself is already pretty darn healthy and there are a number of studies that show that people who order soup end up eating less calories overall. Somehow the heat and the soothing qualities fill our satisfaction tank more quickly than food you have to chew.

    Lite coconut Milk

    Lite coconut Milk

    One of the only things we did to make this recipe healthier is that we added a healthier, reduced calorie and saturated fat, coconut milk as the coconut milk rather the traditional milk.

    A Taste Of Thai puts out a healthier version that is available in many American style supermarkets in the international or Asian section.  Coconut milk has the disadvantage of having a lot of saturated fat and calories.  Don't get the saturated fat confused with cholesterol as my wife did.  Plant based products never have cholesterol.

    Another thing we did to rehab this recipe is that we used unsalted chicken broth.  You will want to use the unsalted version of any broth if you are vegetarian and don't do chicken broth.  Salt is the worst thing about soups.  I often choose salt at restaurants for my budget, besides the benefit of filling up with less calories, and my blood pressure went through the roof.  Most of us need to watch the sodium, the American diet already has way too much.

    Finally, instead of the typical sugar used we used stevia for a natural yet calorie free alternative your pancreas and teeth will thank you for later in life.

    Tom Kha Gai Ingredients

    Tom Kha Gai Ingredients

    Another mistake not to make that this time I made is to think that the name of the recipe, Tom Kha Gai always means the same dish.  Gai means chicken so you are better off just asking for Tom Kha and the server will ask you what kind of protein or meat you want.

     

    Healthy, Rehabed Thai Coconut Soup, Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่)
    Recipe Type: Soup
    Author: HealthyThaiRecipes
    Prep time: 15 mins
    Cook time: 10 mins
    Total time: 25 mins
    Serves: 6
    The very famous Thai soup. Comfort food you can cook in your own kitchen.
    Ingredients
    • • 1 lb. chicken breast cut into small chunks.
    • • 1 can lite coconut milk. (about 13.5 fl.oz.)
    • • 19 oz. unsalted chicken broth of your choosing.
    • • 8 quarter sized slices of galangal.
    • • 2 cups sliced mushrooms.
    • • 2 tablespoon lime juice.
    • • 2 crushed lemongrass stalks, cut them in 2 inches.
    • • 4 tablespoon fish sauce.
    • • 4 fresh Thai chili whole and or crushed to taste. (Substitute with Chili de Arbol or Thai chili paste in a bottle, if the Thai chili is not something that you can find around your area.)
    • • 3-4 stalks of cilantro. (for decoration.)
    • • ½ Tablespoon of Stevia.
    Instructions
    1. Pour chicken broth to a pot with galanga, lemon grass and bring to boil. You should be able to smell the herbs when the broth is boiling.
    2. Add the chicken. Cook until the chicken turns white.
    3. Add the coconut milk, fish sauce, and Stevia and bring it to a boil again.
    4. Once it is boiling again add the mushroom and cook for approximately 2 minutes.
    5. Turn off the stove and add the chili peppers and lime juice and top the concoction with cilantro.
    6. Taste the soup before serving. Increasing the spicy level by adding chili paste or turn it down a notch by adding coconut milk.
    7. Serve garnished with cilantro, shrimp, and brightly colored peppers.
    Serving size: 1 Calories: 169 Fat: 4.6g Saturated fat: 3.6g Unsaturated fat: 0.4g Trans fat: 0.1g Carbohydrates: 11.7g Sugar: 4.0g Fiber: 2.0g Protein: 25.2g Cholesterol: 43.8g
    Notes
    **** Chili paste will give the Tom Kha Gai the delicious red coloration, use about 1 Tsp, and you can always add more if the soup is not spicy enough for you. ****[br][br]**** In Thailand the soup is often served to the kids before the peppers or chili paste is added which has over time has proven to be a big hit. ****
    3.5.3226

     

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    1. Judd says

      January 11, 2018 at 11:36 pm

      What!??? You say low in odium and you post 2096.3 mg???? I need a low sodium version. This must be an error!!

      Reply
      • Adam says

        January 14, 2018 at 12:52 pm

        I think you may be right, thanks for the heads up!

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