{"id":9225,"date":"2020-07-18T19:38:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T00:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2020-07-18T19:38:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T00:38:57","slug":"lemongrass-coconut-chicken-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=9225","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrass Coconut Chicken Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was one of the weekend where it’s hot but i was thinking to make soup . Yes , crazy , but this morning i wanted to make Pho Noodles , it’s been months since i had pho noodles . Before lockdown was the last time we had pho noodles at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant . So i mentioned to my husband i wanted to get beef bones after the gym to make this soup . The soup would take about 5 hours to simmer , to develop its flavor , but he thought it’d be too long to cook in case we wanted to go out some place . I agreed , so i decided to wait til next weekend , friday . It would probably be better anyway to do it when we actually have time .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should i do for dinner then ? Well i looked through some of my cooking book and opened up the Simply Ming cookbook . It’s like a chinese fusion cookbook , it has good asian recipes , and some fusion recipe . I ran into this particular recipe that looked very easy and simple . But i thought it was lacking of spices , and not too sure how it would turn out . It was this chicken soup that was inspired by Thai soup , i think it was tom kha gai . I never had it actually, but hey why not trying something new . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it turned out very good , with such a short amount of time to cook , i was surprised with the flavor that it develops . I added some of spices that i think is a must in thai \/ asian food . Garlic is one of them , heck i put garlic everytime i cook ! Then i also added fresh ginger in there . Using a good brand of fish sauce is a must . I also added rice noodle in the individual bowl , i didn’t add much , just a little bit . The broth is delicious though , i think everyone agreed and everyone actually went for second bowl tonight , and cleaned the bowl pretty good .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The good thing about this soup too , it is actually quite healthy , i did not figure out the macros , but the only ingredients that is not so healthy ( meaning has a lot of fat ) is the coconut milk . But i don’t even use a whole can , just half a can . And if you’re worry about it , choose the light coconut milk .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
  • about 800 grams of chicken breast , boneless and skinless , sliced about 1\/2 inch thickness<\/li>
  • 3 large carrots , sliced <\/li>
  • 2 celery stalks , roughly chopped<\/li>
  • 1 large onion , sliced<\/li>
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced<\/li>
  • about 1 inch of fresh ginger , peeled and smashed<\/li>
  • 3 lemongrass , bruised <\/li>
  • 1\/2 can of coconut milk <\/li>
  • 6 cups of chicken broth <\/li>
  • salt and pepper ( watch the salt , esp if your chicken broth is already salty ) <\/li>
  • 3 serrano or thai pepper <\/li>
  • 3 tbsp of fish sauce<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Directions : <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    • In a soup pot , heat up oil , and then add the vegetables and saute for few minutes . Add the chicken until it’s opaque . <\/li>
    • Add fish sauce and chicken broth . Bring to boil , cook on low about 20 minutes or until chicken is done .<\/li>
    • If you like you can eat it just like this or serve with rice noodle stick . <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      It was one of the weekend where it’s hot but i was thinking to make soup . Yes , crazy , but this morning i wanted to make Pho Noodles , it’s been months since i had pho noodles . Before lockdown was the last time we had pho noodles at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant . So i mentioned to my husband i wanted to get beef bones after the gym to make this soup . The soup would take about 5 hours to simmer , to develop its flavor , but he thought it’d be too long to cook in case we wanted to go out some place . I agreed , so i decided to wait til next weekend , friday . It would probably be better anyway to do it when we actually have time . What should i do for dinner then ? Well i looked through some of my cooking book and opened up the Simply Ming cookbook . It’s like a chinese fusion cookbook , it has good asian recipes , and some fusion recipe . I ran into this particular recipe that looked very easy and simple . But i thought it was lacking of spices , and not too sure how it would turn out . It was this chicken soup that was inspired by Thai soup , i think it was tom kha gai . I never had it actually, but hey why not trying something new . So it turned out very good , with such a short amount of time to cook , i was surprised with the flavor that it develops . I added some of spices that i think is a must in thai \/ asian food . Garlic is one of them , heck i put garlic everytime i cook ! Then i also added fresh ginger in there . Using a good brand of fish sauce is a must . I also added rice noodle in the individual bowl , i didn’t add much , just a little bit . The broth is delicious though , i think everyone agreed and everyone actually went for second bowl tonight , and cleaned the bowl pretty good . The good thing about this soup too , it is actually quite healthy , i did not figure out the macros , but the only ingredients that is not so healthy ( meaning has a lot of fat ) is the coconut milk . But i don’t even use a whole can , just half a can . And if you’re worry about it , choose the light coconut milk . Ingredients : about 800 grams of chicken breast , boneless and skinless , sliced about 1\/2 inch thickness 3 large carrots , sliced 2 celery stalks , roughly chopped 1 large onion , sliced 2 cloves of garlic, minced about 1 inch of fresh ginger , peeled and smashed 3 lemongrass , bruised 1\/2 can of coconut milk 6 cups of chicken broth salt and pepper ( watch the salt , esp if your chicken broth is already salty ) 3 serrano or thai pepper 3 tbsp of fish sauce Directions : In a soup pot , heat up oil , and then add the vegetables and saute for few minutes . Add the chicken until it’s opaque . Add fish sauce and chicken broth . Bring to boil , cook on low about 20 minutes or until chicken is done . If you like you can eat it just like this or serve with rice noodle stick .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":9228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9229,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions\/9229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}