Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Looks killer, I love lemongrass ... esp. in Tom Kha Gai (Thai) Soup

which is about my favorite soup in the world when made well.

Which is really hard to do at home because it's hard to get coconut milk that's fresh enough to make this soup really taste good. Not even the kind the carton (rather than can) tastes fresh enough to me. I use fresh galanga root, fresh keffir lime leaves, fresh lemongrass, and it's GOOD ... but the Thai restaurants just make it better than you possibly can cause they get fresh coconut milk ... and I've tried SO MANY brands of store-bought coconut milk, it's never the same as the best stuff at a good Thai place.

It's usually expensive but it's heaven in a bowl.