Tom kha gai (Thai coconut chicken soup)

Type: Main meal — lighter · Typical slot: Dinner · Time: 30 min · Lunch-friendly: yes (better day 2) · Batch: yes

Ingredients (4 servings)

• 400g chicken breast, sliced thin
• 1 can (400ml) coconut milk
• 600ml chicken stock
• 4 stalks lemongrass, smashed
• 30g ginger or galangal, sliced
• 6 lime leaves (or zest of 1 lime)
• 200g shiitake or button mushrooms, sliced
• 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 2 Thai chilies (optional)
• Cilantro, spring onion
• Optional: 100g rice noodles for G’s portion to make it more filling on training days

Method

1. Combine stock, coconut milk, lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves. Simmer 10 min, strain (or fish out aromatics).
2. Add chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes. Simmer 8 min until chicken cooked.
3. Off heat: fish sauce, lime juice, chilies. Adjust — should be tangy, salty, hot, slightly sweet.
4. Top with cilantro and spring onion.

Macros (per person, per serving — no noodles)

With noodles for G (training day): +200 kcal, +42g carbs.