Recipe: Perfect Thai chicken broth

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Thai chicken broth. My Thai soups lacked the depth of flavor I wanted and this cured them. It never occurred to me to alter they way I made a broth out of the chicken. I typically make a broth out of whole chicken (and much more Western aromatics) once or twice a week for whatever I need stock for that week.

Thai chicken broth The meat is often shredded back to make soups because after boiling most of the taste is lost from the meat. How is Thai Chicken Stock Different from Western Chicken Stock? Delia's Hot and Sour Thai Chicken Broth recipe. You can have Thai chicken broth using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Thai chicken broth

  1. Prepare 1 1/2 lbs of chicken feet [bones or wings].
  2. Prepare of Large onion quartered.
  3. It's Head of garlic cut in half length wise.
  4. Prepare 1 bunch of green onions bottoms.
  5. It's 1 bunch of cilantro stems (tie string around them to remove easily).
  6. Prepare 1/2 cup of sliced galangal root or ginger.
  7. You need 2 stalks of lemon grass crushed with back of knife.

This recipe, given to me by Sarah Randell, the Editor of the Collection, is based on a version of Tom Yum soup - a spicy, clear, refreshing broth found on the menu of most Thai restaurants. This one is made with chicken but it is also delicious made with tiger prawns - and what's more, it is low in fat. You might think a Thai bone broth is an exotic take on a regular bone broth. Some people just hear the word 'Thai' in relation to food and automatically think of something super spicy.

Thai chicken broth step by step

  1. Add all ingredients into a slow cooker or large pot.
  2. Cover with water until ingredients are barely covered.
  3. Cook on low for 8 hours or low heat for 5 hours. Skimming the fat and scum periodically. Longer the better. Strain ingredients and enjoy in your favorite dishes!.

Well there's no fiery hot chilies used in Thai bone broths. Soups, yes (though not all Thai soups are spicy). In fact, there's really nothing all that exotic about a Thai bone broth. Ingredients for this Thai Chicken Noodle Soup: Chicken - For a short cut I like to use already cooked rotisserie chicken. However, if you prefer you could use boneless chicken breast and poach in chicken broth.