Kao Tom Pla

Name: Kao Tom Pla
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked jasmine rice; 1.2 litres light chicken or pork stock; 300g firm white fish or sea bass, sliced; A thumb of ginger, cut into fine matchsticks; 4 garlic cloves, chopped and fried in oil; Chinese celery, spring onions and coriander; Fish sauce, soy sauce and white pepper

ข้าวต้มปลา/kao tom PLAH/

Also known as: Khao Tom Pla, Thai Fish Rice Soup, Thai Rice Soup with Fish

About this dish

A comforting rice soup with tender fish fillet, ginger, garlic oil, celery and coriander.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups cooked jasmine rice

🍲1.2 litres light chicken or pork stock

🐟300g firm white fish or sea bass, sliced

🫚A thumb of ginger, cut into fine matchsticks

🧄4 garlic cloves, chopped and fried in oil

🌿Chinese celery, spring onions and coriander

🫙Fish sauce, soy sauce and white pepper

Method

Serves 2

Bring the stock to the boil and season with fish sauce and soy sauce.

Add the rice and simmer for 3–4 minutes.

Add the fish slices and ginger and cook gently for 2 minutes until the fish is just done.

Ladle into bowls.

Top with garlic oil, celery, spring onions, coriander and white pepper.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Khao tom pla is a Thai-Chinese breakfast and late-night dish, served at rice soup shops that stay open into the early hours.

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