We got hit with an ice storm mid April and with good music and a few glasses of wine I decided to get creative in the kitchen and cook up some warm comfort foods. I normally just look at what I have in my fridge and then start to piece together what could be good. When cooking on the fly I always get discouraged looking at recipes cause there is always a few key ingredients I don’t have.
This Coconut Thai soup was amazing, it was super hearty, and can be made in so many variations too. We used sauteed shrimps and rice noodles to finish it off, but you could omit the meat, and use any type of noodle and even rice would be delicious.
Prep time: 7 mins
Cook time: 20-30 mins
Total time: 27-37 mins
Makes: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 tbs olive oil
- 1 white onion sliced not cubed
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 carrot shaved
- Green beans
- Kale or spinach
- 1 tsp of ground ginger (I just eye balled the spices for taste so you might need more, this is just a guess)
- 2 Tbsp of curry powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 5 cups of veggie broth (I used my homemade broth)
- 1 can of coconut milk or cream
- 2-3 Tbsp of coconut aminos (you could use soy sauce if your ok with soy)
- 2 Tbsp of agave
- 1 lime juiced
- Rice noodles
- Shrimp sauteed with 2 of the garlic cloves listed above and coconut oil
Directions:
- Slice your onion and mince your garlic. Add them to a pot with some olive oil
- Sautee until onions are translucent.
- While the onions and garlic sautee, clean the beans and shave the carrot with a peeler.
- Add the other veg to the pot with the spices and stir so they’re all covered.
- Add in the broth, the coconut milk or cream and the agave. Stir well.
- In a pan add the shrimp with the other two cloves of garlic mined and some coconut oil. Sautee until they are crispy. Add in a handful of spinach or kale for last few minute of cooking shrimp.
- Boil the rice noodles
- Pour the soup in the bowl first, add the noodles, top with the shrimp and squeeze the other half of the lime on top.
- You can also add salt and pepper or chili flakes for more flavour.
- Enjoy!
