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Tom yam gai (Chicken and lemon grass soup)

Recipe from: - Ideas 6/1/1999
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

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Ingredients

800

ml

water
2

chicken breast fillets
3

cloves garlic, crushed
1

large dried chilli, crushed
6

spring onions
4

lime leaves
2

stalks lemongrass
30

ml

fish sauce
15

ml

sugar
15

ml

lemon juice

Method

Heat the water and chicken breasts in a saucepan. Remove the chicken after 6 minutes, and slice. Add the garlic, chilli, spring onions (cut into 4 cm pieces), lime leaves and lemon grass (cut into 5 cm pieces) to the water and bring to the boil add the chicken, fish sauce and sugar and boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat, stir in the lemon juice, garnish with fresh coriander and serve immediately.

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