Thai-style Hot And Sour Blue Crab Soup

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14 Ingredients

• 1 15-oz can unsweetened coconut milk
• ¼ cup lime juice or more to taste
• ¼ cup thai fish sauce or more to taste
• Salt (optional)
• 2 Tbsps coarsely chopped cilantro leaves
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 tsps sugar
• 4 thai chilies or 6 small jalapeno chilies, steamed, seeded, and finely chopped
• 1 lb fresh lump crab meat
• 2 shallots , peeled and finely chopped
• 3 kaffir lime leaves (optional)
• 3 cups chicken broth or crab broth (see headnote)
• 1 stalk of lemongrass , white part sliced as thin as possible
• 3¼-inch-thick slices fresh or frozen galangal (optional)