Chicken Soup with Fresh Turmeric and Galangal

Name: Chicken Soup with Fresh Turmeric and Galangal
Ingredients: 2 thumb-size pieces fresh or frozen turmeric, peeled and chopped; 3 dried red chiles, preferably Thai, torn into pieces; 2½ cups (600 ml) chicken or turkey stock or water; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 small (5.6-ounce/165-ml) can coconut milk (⅔ cup/165 ml); Juice of ½ lime, or to taste; 3-inch (7.5-cm) piece fresh or frozen galangal, peeled and chopped; 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded, and torn (about ¾ cup/125 g); 1 tablespoon fish sauce, or to taste; 2 kaffir lime leaves, torn in several places but kept whole; 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste; Fresh Thai chiles, thinly sliced; 2 pounds (910 g) well-trimmed boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into small pieces; 4 ounces (115 g) baby spinach; 2 stalks lemongrass, tops and tough outer leaves removed, chopped; Salt

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Easy

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Slow Cook Modern

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2017

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Lots of fresh turmeric gives this coconut milk–enriched soup a brilliant yellow color and a pleasant bittersweet flavor. You can use 1 teaspoon ground turmeric if you don’t have fresh, but know that you can keep turmeric root in the freezer almost indefinitely—it’s actually easier to peel and slice or grate when it’s frozen.

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Gluten-free

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