Chicken Galangal and Coconut Milk Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• ½ medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 Thai bird chile, preferably red; or 1 serrano or jalapeño chili, seeded and chopped
• 2 slices peeled galangal or fresh ginger
• 1 dried lemongrass stalk, cut into 2-inch lengths and crushed (no substitute)
• 1 teaspoon Thai red chili paste
• 4 cups Basic Asian Chicken Soup
• 2 cups canned coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into ½-inch cubes
• 12 shiitake mushroom caps, sliced in strips
• 1 to 2 teaspoons Thai fish sauce (nam pla), or ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 2 scallions, white and green portions, sliced
• 4 fresh cilantro (coriander) sprigs
• 2 cups steamed jasmine or basmati rice

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