Curried Coconut Chicken Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon curry powder (i like jamaican or sweet yellow)
• 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon sugar (i use raw)
• 1 lime, juice of, small
• 2 -3 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 stem basil
• 1 potato, chopped into bite sized pieces
• 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken stock (equal to the coconut milk)
• 2 -3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• sliced bamboo shoots or water chestnut, miniature corn, halved

Recipe

• 1 slice chicken on diagonal thinly and quickly brown in a large pan or pot. (use a tbsp oil if needed).
• 2 add curry powder, ginger, garlic, lime leaves and cook for a minute or two.
• 3 add sugar and follow with lime juice.
• 4 add chicken stock and coconut milk and fish sauce.
• 5 add chopped potato.
• 6 cook through until potato is tender- about 5 minutes if potato chopped smallish.
• 7 add red pepper, bamboo shoots, basil and corn if using.
• 8 cook a few minutes.serve.
• 9 i also add salt and pepper, depending on the salt in the stock -- red pepper flakes also add to it if you like heat.
• 10 can add leftover rice if you have some around.
• 11 enjoy!