Thai Curry Vegetable Soup
I'm sitting here with a blank screen trying to figure out if I can even accurately describe to you how good this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup is. Maybe I should tell you that I wanted to skip the bowl and just eat it straight out of the pot with the huge ladle as my spoon? Maybe I should admit that I almost wanted to tell my boyfriend that I didn’t cook anything today so I could hide the soup and eat it all myself (no, not really, that’s mean). The point is, this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup is good. So, so, so good. That paired with its simplicity and ease of preparation means there’s a good chance I’ll want to make this about once per week. I probably shouldn’t be eating that much coconut milk, but I’m sure I’ll find some way to rationalize it.
I happened to go to an Asian market yesterday where I picked up the ingredients for this soup (at really amazing prices, I might add), but if you can’t get the same vegetables as me, you can still make this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup! The beauty of this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup is that you can use just about any vegetable you like, although I try to at least have some sort of leafy green. Other vegetables that would be great choices include: spinach, kale, collard greens, cabbage, mushrooms, bean sprouts, snow peas, carrots, or red bell peppers.
More Thai recipes: Nam Sod (Pork Thai Salad), Spicy Pork Pad Thai, Thai Peanut Rice Pilaf, and Thai Peanut Noodles.
THAI CURRY VEGETABLE SOUP
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
2 Tbsp neutral cooking oil*
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
2 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
1 small sweet potato (about 1 lb.)
1 bunch baby bok choy
4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
13 oz can coconut milk
1/2 Tbsp fish sauce
1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
3.5 oz rice vermicelli noodles
GARNISHES (OPTIONAL)
1/2 red onion
1 lime
Handful fresh cilantro
Sriracha to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
I happened to go to an Asian market yesterday where I picked up the ingredients for this soup (at really amazing prices, I might add), but if you can’t get the same vegetables as me, you can still make this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup! The beauty of this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup is that you can use just about any vegetable you like, although I try to at least have some sort of leafy green. Other vegetables that would be great choices include: spinach, kale, collard greens, cabbage, mushrooms, bean sprouts, snow peas, carrots, or red bell peppers.
More Thai recipes: Nam Sod (Pork Thai Salad), Spicy Pork Pad Thai, Thai Peanut Rice Pilaf, and Thai Peanut Noodles.
THAI CURRY VEGETABLE SOUP
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
2 Tbsp neutral cooking oil*
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
2 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
1 small sweet potato (about 1 lb.)
1 bunch baby bok choy
4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
13 oz can coconut milk
1/2 Tbsp fish sauce
1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
3.5 oz rice vermicelli noodles
GARNISHES (OPTIONAL)
1/2 red onion
1 lime
Handful fresh cilantro
Sriracha to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare the vegetables for the soup and garnishes first, so they're ready to go when needed. Mince the garlic and grate the ginger using a small-holed cheese grater. Peel and dice the sweet potato into one-inch cubes. Wash the bok choy well, then chop into one-inch strips, separating the fibrous stalks from the delicate green ends. Thinly slice the red onion and roughly chop the cilantro.
- Add the cooking oil to a large soup pot along with the minced garlic, grated ginger, and Thai red curry paste. Sauté the garlic, ginger, and curry paste over medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the diced sweet potato and chopped bok choy stalks to the pot (save the leafy green ends for later) along with the chicken or vegetable broth. Bring the pot to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 5-7 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are tender.