I am obsessed with Thai flavours at the moment and this soup ticks all the right Thai food boxes. I got dried lemongrass leaves from my mom so I have been adding it to all my food lately. This soup is a variation of my traditional chicken soup, so, if you don't like Thai food, you can easily substitute the flavours with others flavours like more traditional herbs, basil, rosemary etc.
Ingredients:
- 6 chicken pieces (thighs/breasts) - remove the skin and set aside for other recipes
- chicken stock (1 bullion cube and boiling water is fine, but I often use frozen stock from other meals)
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 garlic cloves
- thyme
- chilli flakes
- lemongrass
- 3 slices of fresh ginger (or 1 tsp. of ginger powder)
- mushrooms (I used a mixture of white button mushrooms and shimeji)
- bok choy
- 2 eggs
- cilantro (optional)
- Thai spices (I use a premix called Thai 7 spice - sugar/starch filler free)
- salt & pepper