Tom Yum Gai - Sour & Spicy Chicken Soup

Serve with steamed jasmine rice.

Ingredients

400 grams (about 1lb) boneless chicken meat diced

3 cups chicken stock

100 grams (3.5 oz) straw mushrooms, halved 6 cherry tomatoes

1 fresh lemon grass stem cut into short lengths

2-3 kaffir lime leaves, torn

3 tbsp Thai fish sauce

4 tbsp fresh lime juice

1/2 tsp sugar

5-6 hot fresh Thai chilies, just broken with pestle

Preparation

Place the stock in a pot, add the lemon grass and kaffir lime leavess, and bring to boil over medium heat. Add the chicken meat, mushroom, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar; cook slowly and uncovered for 10 minutes. Do not stir. Then add the tomatoes and chilies and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat. 4 servings.