Tom Kha Gai (Thai coconut soup) by Barry Horne

Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
300g boneless skinless chicken thighs (sliced)
½ punnet mushrooms (sliced)
2 shallots
2 lemongrass
50g galangal or ginger
3 cloves of garlic
1-2 Thai red chilli
1ltr of Spring Thai Chicken bone broth
1 can coconut milk
1 tbsp Nonya's secret Sambal paste
½ bunch coriander
1-2 spring onions
2 limes
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp palm sugar
Chilli oil to finish.
Method:
Start by roughly chopping the shallots, garlic, galangal (or ginger), chillies and one of the sticks of lemongrass.
Place a large saucepan on a medium high heat and add a tbsp of oil. Add the chopped vegetables and cook for 2-3 mins. Add the Sambal paste and cook for 1-2 mins and then add the bone broth and the coconut milk and cook this on a medium heat for 20-30 mins to infuse.
Strain the mixture and return to the pot, discarding the cooked vegetables.
Add the sliced chicken and sliced mushroom to the broth and cook on a low heat for 8-10 mins or until the chicken is cooked through. Season the broth with a squeeze of lime juice, fish sauce and palm sugar. Add the coriander and sliced spring onion and serve in bowls with a drizzle of chilli oil.