Time

60 minutes

Ingredients

6 cups chicken broth
3 small Thai chilies
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
4 slices ginger root, about 1/4”
6 inches lemon grass, finely sliced
juice of 1 lime
3 tablespoons tamarind paste, dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water
1.5 tbsp Thai fish sauce
10 grinds black pepper
1/8 tsp Cayenne pepper, if needed
1 leek, chopped thin
1/4 tsp turmeric or 1/2 inch chopped fresh turmeric

Instructions

1. Put everything in a big pot and simmer for a couple hours!