{"id":1614,"date":"2021-12-22T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2021-12-22T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T04:54:13","slug":"even-better-tom-kha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/12\/22\/even-better-tom-kha\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Better Tom Kha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211218_211655-1024x926.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211218_211655-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211218_211655-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211218_211655-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211218_211655.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This soup will make your day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You have got to make this! Your tastebuds will thank you, your family will applaud you, and you will feel like you can work magic. Better than the restaurant version, I&#8217;m not exaggerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapted from Cook&#8217;s Illustrated All-time Best Asian Recipes. Serves 6-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Coconut oil<\/li><li>3 lemongrass stalks, trimmed to the bottom 6 inches, crushed with a heavy mallet or back of a knife, and sliced into chunks.<\/li><li>2-3 inch chunk fresh galanga, trimmed and sliced (optional, if you can find it at your Asian market)<\/li><li>3 shallots, coarsely chopped, plus 3 more for optional garnish<\/li><li>3 Tbsp fish sauce, divided<\/li><li>4 cups chicken broth<\/li><li>2 13-oz cans coconut milk<\/li><li>10-12 sprigs fresh cilantro, leaves and stems separated<\/li><li>1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs<\/li><li>1 Tbsp sugar<\/li><li>8 oz crimini mushrooms<\/li><li>14 oz diced tomatoes<\/li><li>3 Tbsp fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)<\/li><li>2 tsp red curry paste<\/li><li>Steamed jasmine rice, to serve<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Heat 1 tsp oil in soup pot over medium heat. Add lemon grass, 3 chopped shallots, galanga, and 1 tbsp fish sauce. Cook, stirring frequently, until softened but not browned. Stir in broth, 1 can coconut milk, and cilantro stems. Bring to a simmer over high heat. Add chicken thighs. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 12 minutes. Remove chicken, set aside, slice when cool. Strain broth through a mesh sieve and discard solids. Rinse pot and return broth mixture to pan. Stir sugar and remaining 1 can coconut milk into broth mixture. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat and add mushrooms and cook for a few minutes until just tender. Stir in sliced chicken and tomatoes, and heat soup through.<br>Remove soup from heat. Whisk together lime juice, curry paste, and remaining fish sauce in a small bowl, then stir into soup.<br>To serve, put a scoop of rice in each bowl and ladle soup over. Garnish with cilantro leaves and optional shallots, see below.<br>Optional caramelized shallots:<br>Thinly slice 3 large shallots. Heat 1 Tbsp coconut oil in a small non-stick skillet and cook and stir shallots over medium heat until they are dark golden brown. Use to garnish the soup for even more amazing flavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This soup will make your day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[65,44,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}