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Dice onions, garlic, and ginger and put in separate bowls
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2
Cut lemongrass into five 2 inch pieces
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Coat bottom of large pot (8 or 12 qt stock pot works well) with a lot of oil - if there is not a puddle of oil that goes all around the pot then add more
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Put onions in and sweat until golden brown on medium-high. This part takes forever so be patient (like 2 hours forever) - remember to keep mixing so the onions don't burn. If your onions are white - keep on cooking its not ready - if there is a ton of onion juice still in your stock pot - its not ready - keep cooking - Golden Brown is key - kind of like golden brown hash browns if that is helpful
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Put the garlic in and stir it around maybe 2 or 3 minutes - should start smelling good at this point.
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Add 2 table spoons of powdered numeric, 3 tablespoons of fish sauce and 1/2 tablespoon of chili flakes to the pot
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Mix this combination for 2 to 3 minutes on medium to medium high - if you smell burning - thats not good - should not smell like burning - turn down the temp if you smell that
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Add in the 5 pounds of chicken thighs (preferable since breasts are kind of dry to be honest - but if you are not into that fat stuff - breast could work as well)
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Now mix this together for 2 to 3 minutes on medium in the pot
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Put in the chicken stock so there is at least a 1 inch layer on top of the chicken pieces - the two boxes should be enough. But to be honest folks - make your own chicken broth - its so much better. Just take a whole chicken, skin it, dump it in a stock pot, fill it with water up to the 2 inch from the top mark and simmer for 2 hours - boom done delicious)
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Add in the five 2 inch pieces of lemongrass and the diced ginger at this point
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Simmer for 30 minutes
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Pour in the 2 cans of coconut milk and simmer for another 5 minutes
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remove the lemongrass
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Taste the soup - and add salt, pepper, and chili to taste - at this point, in my opinion, you need to add some extra salt to make it work - but everyone has their own preferences so do as you see fit.
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hard boil your eggs - 1 per a person
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cut up the green onions - this stuff is for garnish
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cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet
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Take the bowl, add in the noodles, put in a egg per a person, pour in the soup, garnish with green onions and serve
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20
Cut up your lime and squeeze it onto your bowl to taste
