Title: Chicken Soup with Lemon and Ginger (Kai Tom Khing)
Categories: Thai Soup Ceideburg
Yield: 1 Servings

2	tb	Olive oil
1		Clove garlic, chopped
12	oz	Chicken breast, diced
4	c	Water
4	oz	Straw mushrooms, chopped
2	tb	Lemon juice
2	sm	Green chilies, sliced in rings
2		Spring onions, chipped
1	pn	Ground ginger
GARNISH
		Coriander leaves

Here's another simple recipe. Straw mushrooms are available canned in the Oriental section of many supermarkets or fresh in Asian groceries. Enoki mushrooms would probably be a good substitute, although I haven't tried that...

Heat the oil in a saucepan or wok and fry the garlic until soft but not brown.

Add the chicken and stir-fry for 5 minutes. cool a little. Add the water and mushrooms. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the lemon juice. Cover, and cook gently for a further 10 minutes.

Add the chilies, spring onions and ginger. Remove from the heat. Sprinkle with coriander leaves before serving.

From "Discover Thai Cooking" by Chaslin, Canungmai and Tettoni, Times Editions, Singapore. 1987

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; February 6 1991.

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