tom kha gai soup (thai coconut chicken soup)

Ingredients

• BROTH
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 14 ounces can coconut milk
• 2 stalks lemon grass smashed with a knife
• 3 cloves garlic smashed
• 1 small red onion chopped
• 4 - dried red chilies deseeded
• 3 slices dried galangal (ginger can be substituted)
• 6 - kaffir leaves crushed
• 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
• SOUP
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 pound chicken thighs cut into small pieces
• 1 cup fresh mushrooms sliced
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 - limes zested and juiced
• 4 - dried red chilies rehydrated in hot water seeded and thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped