Lemon Chicken Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups water
• 1 stick lemongrass, smashed and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 inch fresh galangal root, sliced in thin rounds (may sub. ginger root)
• 5 fresh lime leaves (may sub. 2 t. lime juice)
• 4 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili paste
• 8 ounces fresh tomatoes, cut in 3/4-inch dice
• 2 ounces button mushrooms, quartered
• 8 ounces chicken breast halves, sliced in 1/4-inch strips
• 4 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 fresh hot chili peppers
• fresh cilantro leaves

Recipe

• 1 boil 4 cups water in a soup pot. add lemon grass, galangal, and lime leaves and cook 1 minutes. add fish sauce and chili paste, cook 1 minute, and reduce heat to medium. add tomatoes and mushrooms, cook 3 minutes, until broth bubbles again.
• 2 turn heat to maximum and add chicken strips. stir to separate, and cook 5 minutes until chicken is done.
• 3 add 4 t. lime juice (this is in addition to the lime juice previously added, if you were substituting for the lime leaves). stir.
• 4 crush chiles and cut in half. add to soup and stir.
• 5 remove from heat, transfer to soup tureen and sprinkle with cilantro leaves. serve immediately.