Grilled Chicken Tamarind Soup

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
  • Total: 30 min
  • Active: 30 min
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Ingredients

1 tablespoon canola oil

4 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced 

1 teaspoon kosher salt 

2 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced 

1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced 

6 cups chicken broth 

2 tablespoons fish sauce 

One 5-ounce jar tamarind paste 

4 heads baby bok choy, chopped 

1 grilled chicken breast, thinly sliced 

2 scallions, sliced, for garnish 

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the mushroom, salt, carrot and onion and saute until the vegetables begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the broth, fish sauce and tamarind, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer until the vegetables are fully cooked, about 10 minutes. Add the bok choy and chicken and continue to simmer until the bok choy is cooked and the chicken is heated through, about 5 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with a sprinkling of scallions.

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If you've not cooked with tamarind, pls read: Val had forewarned that tamarind was a sour but tasty spice. I have never used before, but now having made this, she gave a good description. The recipe calls for 5oz of paste. I bought a 7oz container, but only used half of it to err on side of caution (the jar said ONE tsp of paste per 6 servings is common). My first reaction was it was too much. It IS quite sour but is also very tasty. I thought next time, I'd use a little less tamarind, but now, after tasting the leftovers, it has grown on me. Give yourself a little adjustment period and go in with open mind. (My Notes: I also used only one carrot and 3 baby bok choys; I got carried away and cut the bok choy so thin as to be almost a chiffonade, but think the pieces should be larger.) Thx Val for the intro to tamarind.

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