Recipe - Gai Tom Kha - Chicken And Galanga Soup

1 md Chicken.
8 cup Coconut Milk. *
1 cup Galanga, Sliced Thin.
One fourth cup Fish Sauce.
3 tablespoon Lime Juice.
1 tablespoon Sugar.
Cilantro, Chopped.
Thai Hot Chilli Peppers.

* Either use canned coconut milk or use 2One fourth pounds of grated coconut
(fresh) with 7 cups of hot water to make the required amount of coconut
milk. Debone the chicken, and cut up the meat into bite size pieces. Cut up
the bones into chunks. Simmer the chicken bone in coconut milk over low to
medium heat for approximately One half hour. Remove the bones and add the cut up
chicken meat and cut or sliced up galanga. Place the lid back on the pot and continue
to simmer over low heat for another 20 minutes. Remove from heat and season
to tastes with fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Serve with chopped
cilantro and crushed hot peppers sprinkled on top.

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