Chicken Coconut Soup
Ingredients
1/2 whole chicken, cut into 10 parts
100 grams straw mushroom,halved
2 lemongrass, sliced diagonally
2 cm galangal,crushed
1 salam (indonesian bay)leaf
3 lime leaves, midribs removed
10 red bird’s eye chili peppers
3 green tomatoes, halved
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons lime juice
750 ml water
200 ml coconut milkfrom 1/2 coconut
ground spices blend:
3 cloves garlic,fried quickly
2 dried red chili peppers,fried quickly
1/2 tablespoon ebi (dried shrimps),toasted
Cooking Steps
- Boil the mixture of ground spices blend, water, chicken, lemongrass, galangal, salam leaf, and lime leaves until bubbling and fragrant.
- Add red bird’s eye chili pepper, green tomato, salt, pepper, sugar, and lime juice. Cook until chili pepper and green tomato is slightly softened.
- Add straw mushroom. Cook it until the liquid is boiling. Add coconut milk. Cook it until all ingredients are well done. Remove it from heat.
- Chicken Coconut Soup is ready to serve.