Soups And Broths

[pgkpjs 113]

I love Tom Yum Kai Thai Soup, especially now. Its spicy (you can choose), brothy, low fat and low carb. I am currently pureeing the chicken and veggies in the store bought Soup and mixing with the broth to drink.

I recently picked up a new product, Tom Yum Soup starter base, I have been looking for something like this for a while so I cant wait to cook with this as finding authentic Thai veggies to put in the soup at home is hard. Of course good restaurant soup is both expensive and inconvenient :-)

This soup base is basically chicken broth (10 cals per cup, no fat and 2g sugar) so it would have been perfect for the day before surgery if I had found it then.

I cant wait to cook with it, hopefully this weekend...

See attached images for calorie info.

[Visionary444 51]

Sounds WONDERFUL!

[bornready 42]

Way cool! Thanks for the heads up. Where did you find it? Grocery store, specialty Asian, online?

[pgkpjs 113]

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I found it at my local grocery store - Ralph's, in the organic section. I think Whole Foods also carries this brand. I will make a Soup with this over the weekend. Will let you know how that goes.

[Mck xx 15]

The black bean Soup from these guys saved my life during my liquid phase!

[pgkpjs 113]

So I made the Soup per the instructions on the carton and I must say I was disappointed. Not that it did not taste good, it did. It was very healthy with low fat and carb but it did not taste like Tom Yum soup.

I had to add a fair bit of lime juice to make it taste like Tom You soup I am used to.

I will still continue to use the broth but I will probably continue to modify the recipe to suit my tastes.

One recipe I have used in the past and I like is at the following link. It is a lot more work so I don't make it so often:

http://riya-kitchen.blogspot.com/2007/08/tom-yum-kai.html?m=1

Tips:

- Just substitute Galangal with ginger (I add a little extra ginger).

- If you do not have the Lime leaves don't worry about it.

- Any mushrooms will do in a pinch, white or shiitake preferred.