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Thai-Inspired Chicken Meatball Soup – The New York Times
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Thai-Inspired Chicken Meatball Soup
This stellar soup is reviving and cozy, made in one pot, and ready in 30 minutes. It starts with ginger-scented chicken-cilantro meatballs that are browned, then simmered in a fragrant coconut milk broth that’s inspired by tom kha gai, a Thai chicken-coconut soup seasoned with lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime leaves and chile.
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This chicken meatball soup is inspired by Thai cooking and specifically its amazing ability of balancing sweet, sour, salty and pungent flavors. In one pot, you will get a heap of very fragrant chicken meatballs. The result is similar to tom kha kai, which is a chicken galangal soup, but you get the sweet from the coconut milk, salty from fish sauce and sour from a squeeze of lime right at the end.
This stellar soup is reviving and cozy, made in one pot, and ready in 30 minutes. It starts with ginger-scented chicken-cilantro meatballs that are browned, then simmered in a fragrant coconut milk broth that’s inspired by tom kha gai, a Thai chicken-coconut soup seasoned with lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime leaves and chile.
March 10, 2026