Soup Recipes: Chicken and Lemon Grass

 Chicken and Lemon Grass 

200 grams chicken breast cut into strips

1 tbsp vegetable oil

5-6 spring onions, chopped(green and white parts seperately)

1 inch piece of ginger(sliced)

3 cloves

1 tsp black pepper corns

1 inch piece whole turmeric

2-3 long leaves of lemon grass

3 cups water

1 tsp salt

Apply salt to chicken and keep aside. Heat oil  and saute the white part of the spring onion. Add chicken and cook till tender. Add ginger, turmeric,cloves and pepper corns. Stir fry for a couple of minutes and add water. Bring to a boil and then turn down the flame to simmer.

When the soup is simmering , add greens of spring onion and lemon grass. You can either chop the grass into 5 inch strips or fold leaves together and tie them up. Simmer for at least 10-15 minutes. Remove lemon leaves, and whatever bits of spices(cloves, ginger,etc.)  before serving.