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Tom Yum Gai Soup (Thai Hot and Sour Chicken Soup Recipe)
Enjoy this tom yum gai recipe—a spicy Thai hot and sour chicken soup with fresh herbs and spices. It's healthy, quick, and easy to whip up!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 399 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Soup
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 10.5 ounces chicken fillets or tenders
- 17 fluid ounces water
- 3.4 fluid ounces evaporated milk
- 3.5 ounces mushrooms
- 2.8 ounces tomatoes
- 3.5 ounces shallots
- green onions for garnishing, or culantro, or coriander
- 1 ounce galangal
- 1 ounce lemongrass
- 4 kaffir lime leaves
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/2 tablespoon palm sugar
- 2 tablespoons chili paste
Instructions
- Finely slice lemongrass, galangal, and thinly slice chicken. Cut tomatoes, mushrooms, and shallots into bite-sized pieces. Chop green onions and herbs.
- Heat evaporated milk and water in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add chicken, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and galangal when boiling.
- Add tomatoes, mushrooms, shallots, chili paste, fresh lime juice, palm sugar, and fish sauce when chicken is cooked. Add green onions and optional herbs after mushrooms soften; remove from heat and serve immediately.
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Notes
- Use the nutrition card in this recipe as a guideline.
- This soup can be eaten on its own, or you can pair it with rice or other Thai food.
- Garnishing options: Fresh cilantro, lime wedge, fresh coriander, sliced chilies.
- See recipe for more variations of this soup.
Nutrition Information
Calories
399kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
30g
(10%)
Protein
27g
(54%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
8g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
90mg
(30%)
Sodium
2277mg
(95%)
Potassium
1001mg
(29%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
630IU
(13%)
Vitamin C
16mg
(18%)
Calcium
198mg
(20%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 399
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 399kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
| Protein | 27g | 54% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 90mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 2277mg | 95% |
| Potassium | 1001mg | 21% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 630IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 16mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 198mg | 20% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.