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Thai Five-Spice Soup with Rice Chips, 'Kua Chap'

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Kua chap is a rich, healthy soup loaded with flavor and nutrition. We often take it camping, and more than once people have come by to mention the wonderful aroma. We also offer and instant kua chap soup from Mama.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2-3 lbs chicken drumsticks or wings
6 cups water
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon corriander seed
1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder
2 hard boiled eggs
1 tablespoon five spice powder
5 tablespoons black sweet soy sauce
1/4 cup thin soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup large diced, extra-firm tofu, fried until crispy (optional)
3-5 fresh Thai chile peppers
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup vinegar
8 oz package rice flake

Method

Heat oil in heavy pot, then fry chicken parts until golden brown on both sides. Add water to the pot. In a mortar and pestle, pound garlic, corriander seed, and pepper powder, then add this paste to the pot. Add five spice powder, sweet soy sauce, thin soy sauce, sugar, salt and two hard-boiled eggs. Add tofu and stir. Bring to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

To prepare the rice flake: boil water in a large pot, then add bit by bit. Cook for 10 minutes. Transfer to another pot with a slotted spoon, and leave a little bit of water with the rice flake in order to make sure they won't stick together.

To prepare the sauce: in a mortar and pestle pound fresh Thai chiles into a fine paste. Transfer this to a small sauce dish, add vinegar and stir.

To serve: Pour the soup over the cooked rice flake. Serve with the spicy sauce, and fish sauce on the side to season. Top with spring onions and cilantro.

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Comments

Anonymous
September 11th, 2008
10:39 AM
thanks.....its look yummy....... i wl try try as soon as possible...i just cnt wait.....
Nicole
September 19th, 2008
12:55 PM
When I saw the picture on the website I almost died. This recipe looked like the soup that I have been trying to make for four years. I kept saying to Sara and Kat, If this is it, I am going to lose my mind. I mean, this would make my year? And it did. This is the soup. It?s the right broth. It's just. OMG! I'm SO excited! So yeah. It was wonderful, and seriously did make my whole year.
nilo
October 7th, 2008
4:22 AM
What are the squares are they tofu. not mentioned in the recipe. Is rice flakes the same as boiled rice. We donot get rice flakes.

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