Thai Chicken Coconut Soup (Tom Kha Gai)

I added 1/2 can more of coconut soup, 2 tablespoons of sugar and tripled the Thai Chili Paste. I also added bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and baby corn. Oh, and just a little salt and pepper. Actually, it just needs a little extra of all the ingredients listed above and then it's very delicious.

I feel like there is something lacking in this soup. It is missing depth to the flavor. I added 2 more tbsp of fish sauce and 2 more tbsp of lime but the flavor was still off. I omitted the chicken and chicken broth and added vegetable broth and cubes of tofu. I also added tomato and broccoli. It is a good base but needs some adjustment.

I thought the flavour was great. I added more lime and lemongrass and curry paste & omitted the sugar, added bok choy and reduced the amount of chicken by half. I didn't have the galangal but thought it was very tasty regardless. I'd definitely make it again and was surprised that it was a quick and easy soup to make.

not bad for an amercanized version but not quite right either. lose the basil,sugar, and half the chicken stalk. replace with i cup water, a small pinch of turmeric, and about 3 times as much lime juice. also in response to sunshine555 im curious where you got your facts, because you could not be more wrong. please no offense , im curious to try adding eggplant.

Tom Kha Gai (Spicy Coconut Chicken Soup) is one of THE most delicious Asian soups I have ever tasted! It contains lots of flavors that can titillate all of the taste bud receptors found on the human tongue (sweet, sour, salty and spicy)! This soup can be found at most Thai restaurants, but isn't very cheap and can easily be replicated at home by just about anyone who enjoys cooking at home and trying new dishes. This version of Tom Kha Gai is the closest to the authentic recipe I have found thus far, but is the more expensive versions of the recipe. If you would like to make this soup, but don't want to spend as much, a cheaper and still tasty version of this recipe can be found on this web site posted by MIKEEMO as a "Community Recipe". The poster made an error in the ingredient list, however, posting "1 Stalk" but not saying what the 1 stalk is. It's Lemongrass. Just FYI.