Tom Yum Chicken

Ingredients

• 400 g chicken thigh, cut into pieces
• lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves
• 1 cup straw/oyster mushrooms
• bird's eye chillies, crushed
• fish sauce, lime juice
• coriander

Method

• Boil water with lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves until fragrant
• Add chicken and boil until cooked
• Add mushrooms and chillies; boil until just done
• Turn off heat, season with fish sauce and lime, top with coriander

How to Choose

Choose fresh pink chicken thigh; fresh mushrooms with closed caps and no bruising; fragrant young lemongrass and galangal.

Chef's Secret

Secret: bruise the herbs before boiling for more aroma; add lime after turning off the heat to avoid bitterness; for a creamy version stir in a little chilli paste (nam prik pao).

Fresh chicken thigh + mushrooms + lemongrass, galangal & kaffir lime full set at Fresh Market Online.