Asian Chicken Soup with Sprouts and Thai Basil
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Ingredients
- 3 centimeters fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 sprig Lemongrass
- 1 chicken
- 1 Star anise
- 0.5 Cinnamon stick
- salt
- 250 grams soybean sprout
- light soy sauce
- Fish sauce
- Rice wine vinegar
- 0.5 bunch Thai basil (leaves)
Directions
- 1
Peel and slice ginger, garlic and lemongrass.
- 2
Rinse chicken and combine with ginger, garlic and lemongrass in a pot. Add enough water to cover everything and bring to a boil. Simmer on medium heat for about 1 hour, skimming all foam. Add spices and season with salt 20 minutes before the end of cooking.
- 3
Remove fully cooked chicken from broth and let cool. Strain broth through a sieve and measure 800 ml (approximately 3 1/2 cup) into a pot and heat through.
- 4
Remove skin from chicken, loosen meat from bones and cut into strips.
- 5
Rinse bean sprouts and add to the broth. Return chicken meat to the broth. Simmer for 5 minutes and season with soy sauce, fish sauce and rice wine vinegar. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with Thai basil leaves. Serve.