I love me some Indian and Asian food, and none more than Thai Coconut Soup.
Ok, maybe curry.
And maybe dosas.
But Thai Coconut Soup is right up there at the top of my list.
The biggest problem I’ve encountered with Thai Coconut Soup, however, is that most of them use a fish sauce which is #NotVegan. This recipe is modified for vegans. The cilantro is added at the end so cilantrophobes like SP can omit if desired.
I use this sesame oil, this nutritional yeast, and this not chicken base. And if you can’t get sambal oelek in your grocery store, Amazon carries it here.
Often this soup is served over glass noodles. If you choose to do so, simply cook the noodles according to package instructions and add to the bowl before dishing the soup.
Thai Coconut Soup
- 1 package extra firm tofu (drained and pressed)
- 1 large white onion (chopped)
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger (minced)
- 2 stalks lemon grass (trimmed to bottom 6 inches and minced)
- 2 tbsp garlic (minced)
- 1 can coconut milk (15oz)
- 64 oz not chicken broth
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp sambal oelek (or to taste)
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 5 oz lime juice
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 16 oz grape tomatoes (halved)
- lime wedges
- fresh cilantro (chopped)
- green onions (chopped)
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Cut the tofu into cubes, and fry in a non-stick pan over medium-high heat with no oil or butter. Flip occasionally until golden brown on all sides. This takes longer than you expect it to. Resist the urge to mess with it for the first few minutes. If it’s still sticking to the pan, it’s not ready to be flipped.
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In a soup pot, add the oils and the onion and ginger. Cook until the onion is translucent. Add the lemon grass and garlic, stir until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds. Add sambal oelek, broth, sugar, lime juice, soy sauce. Reduce heat and simmer partly covered for about 20 minutes.
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Add tofu, grape tomatoes, snap peas, and coconut milk. Simmer until tofu is warmed through.
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Dish into bowl and garnish with cilantro and green onions.
Comments
145 responses to “Vegan School: Thai Coconut Soup with Fried Tofu”
Needs moar chicken.
Now hit that mother-fkin’ THEME MUSIC !!
Moar soapweed!
What’s non-nutritional yeast?
(Not a joke.)
Baking yeast is not this
So…why is that OK with vegans? It’s dead yeast. If it’s OK to eat dead yeast, why not a dead cow?
(Not a joke.)
Beats me. It’s a very mysterious cult with shadowy rituals.
As in all things, there are vegans all over the place on these issues. I have no idea how people rationalize what they want to do.
I blame Soros, The Kochtapus, and the Illuminati.
Oh, and Carrot Top. You just know that fucker is involved somehow.
Who?
*suspicious gaze*
Big Carrot has its tendrils in many organizations….
He needs to sue his plastic surgeon. That face is fucked up.
I’m pretty good friends with a vegan who makes exceptions for some kinds of fish and also Sammy’s (local pizza place) sausage pizza.
I have no idea. Vegans eat bread, drink beer and wine and kombucha. I have no idea.
But I’m not an ethical vegan, so I don’t give a fuck.
Animal killer.
Now this is the type of reasoning I think we can all appreciate.
Yep! I don’t care what other people eat. Just don’t make me eat it.
The biggest problem I’ve encountered with Thai Coconut Soup, however, is that most of them use a fish sauce which is #NotVegan.
Dad can’t eat fish either, but he likes bland food, so Thai wouldn’t be for him.
Sounds like Laksa. I first had it in PNG which gets some cuisine from the neighbor and I am a fan. Them Malaysians can do some soup. I make a variation with what I can find here. I like to do chicken and or shrimps in it. I have never tried tofu.
Errr, Indonesians. Whatever, they all look alike.
“The cilantro is added at the end so cilantrophobes like SP can omit if desired.”
Let’s see. Do I feel like a nice, warm, comforting bowl of Ivory Soap for dinner tonight? Hmm, that’s a tough one.
I always taste Zest™ soap, but YMMV
My wife is a cilantro nut. I tolerate it fine, but I prefer coriander. Sorry I haven’t finished my article. My house is torn apart right now for renovation. Hopefully It will be back to normal by February.
“My wife is a cilantro nut. I tolerate it fine, but I prefer coriander.“
Uhhh…
Euphemism or is it not clear I mean the seed of the cilantro plant vs the leaf?
Thanks for clarifying. After all, you are Florida Man.
Oh, I’m dumb as hell, but I know herb.
Suuuurrrrree.
Renovations never actually end.
I always put cilantro on my Hawaiian style pizza
You would.
^^ genius ^^
Tundra, Tundra, Tundra.
I’m very disappointed, but, not surprised.
Oooh. I bet that’s tasty.
Hawaiian style “pizza” has dead piggies. Your little friends.
Mmmmmm.
You should try cilantro fresh from the garden. Leaves glistening in the sun, the aroma filling your nose as you pick a leave, the rush of that full, fresh cilantro aroma and flavor and you put it in your mouth and chew it up, ahhhhh…
Dude, I’m trying to eat dinner here!
Exactly. Almost impossible to fap at the same time!
I fapped in the garden while eating fresh cilantro until the neighbors complained.
Try a musical accompaniment next time.
Like a Mariachi band?
Beans, beans,the musical fruit….
Mexican Polka?
Planting the wrong seed, but, you do you.
He bolts faster than the cilantro.
I love fresh cilantro. So fucking good.
Just don’t eat any from Spudalicious’s garden.
Well, it is Thai Coconut Soap….
If you can come up with a reasonable vegan version of Tom Kha Gai, I might actually pay attention.
This is pretty close so far as the flavour profile goes. Tom Kha Gai is the inspiration for this.
I’m allergic to mushrooms. And I can’t get galangal or kaffir lime where I live. So this recipe comes close, but it’s not identical. I’ll never be able to do a true authentic Tom Kha Gai with my mushroom allergy.
Yeah, death by Tom Kha is a silly way to go.
But a great name for a murder mystery set in a Thai restaurant.
Or a Thai cover band.
Food allergies are a Zionist plot.
Guy Fieri did 9/11!
WAKE UP!
There’s no such thing as a vegan version of ‘cream of som yung gai’.
Human fluids are pareve
If this was already covered, my apologies. It is one of the most aggressively stupid things I’ve ever read.
Hopefully it will be privatized colonization. First companies establish a foot hold then lease the land to migrants.
The indigenes will thank us.
Comment of the day just now on Tucker.
“If Twitter keeps doing what they’re doing, they’ll end up just having two feminists screaming at each other because one of them found a boyfriend.”
Also watching this..got a lol out of me.
What a cis-hetero shitlord! They will scream at each other because one of them found a non-binary life partner! Gender is a social construct of the patriarchy!!!11!!
If 2 non-binary genderless co-eds get drunk and have intercourse, how do you know which one was the rapist?
Related
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We made some roast kabocha squash yesterday. Peeled,cubed, & coated with avocado oil, parmesan, & ultimate steak seasoning.
Freaking delicious.
You should be roasting some of your veggies. ?
*my vegan (as a carnivore) advice*
Also, nuke the kabocha before cutting for @ 90 seconds. It makes it easier to cut.
I grew kabocha, by accident, this year. I’ve made soup and I also sliced it and made oven fries. Great squash and you can eat the skin like delicatas.
I’m not a fan of the skin.
It also can be made into a delicious mashed sweet potato substitute.
And a ravioli filling. I will say though, that the soup had a bit more fiber in it than expected…
That sounds delicious. I may have to try this!!
Mrs. Tundra is horribly allergic to fish, so I use coconut aminos instead of the fish sauce.
Marmite could work too.
Aminos works really well. I don’t have any right now though, so I used soy. Marmite isn’t a bad idea if I could ever find it around here.
Friends don’t let friends eat Marmite.
^^ wrong ^^
“Well, I gagged during Marmite, so I guess I like Vegemite better. Extremely savory in a bad way.”
“Tastes like molasses gone bad.”
“Oh my god, it’s so salty. I guess it’s yeasty, but I mostly just taste salt. Smells like death.”
“Awful, stung my tongue with yuck.”
Yum.
Marmite is the shiznit, especially smeared on wholegrain toast and topped with cottage cheese.
Noted
And I caught shit for putting paper thin slices of potato on a pizza.
Half a teaspoon in a pot of chili or Bolognese sauce really pumps up the umami.
Interesting idea.
When I make Bolognese, I usually saute a couple anchovies along with the garlic and onions until it dissolves; it adds a great umami element. Maybe I’ll try the Marmite next time.
Yeast extract. It’s the perfect seasoning.
AND BY YEAST EXTRACT PLAYA MEAN…
https://www.amazon.com/Savory-Premium-Yeast-Extract-culinary/dp/B00UUBFCBQ/
By farang khi nok, sure. Considering that Thais have a nationalistic zeal for their cuisine matched by only the French, wun sen in your tom kha kai is an offense punishable by firing squad.
So rice? I would have deciphered that comment sooner but I got hung up on the Thais link.
Rice, on the side.
I’ve had it with wun sen in restaurants, and it was delicious. Maybe that’s a more Americanized take on it.
If this were really a tom kha kai, it would have mushrooms, galangal, and kaffir lime… things I can’t add for various reasons, so…I’m probably safe.
It sounds more like someone forgot to buy khanom chin noodles and went with what they had.
“I wouldn’t even serve that to the king.”
OT: I like this new NFL.
Fuck defense, let’s just score a lot.
That 97 yard run was awesome.
Seconded. The Titans wish they took the field goal attempt instead of going for it on 4th.
Sports imitating politics?
How come you didn’t tell us you were featured in a documentary?
You wouldn’t believe what I had to eat to earn that ride.
What or whom?
Exactly.
Relevant ?
Underrated movie. The hot coffee scene cracks me up, too.
‘cream of som yung gai’?
Ohno Takeashita.
“we entertain people, especially girls, while we drink”
SIGN ME UP!
Where’s the beef?
I’m not gonna judge the guy too harshly.
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-arrested-for-killing-bedridden-wife-'hikikomori'-son
Damn. Surprised he didn’t snap sooner.
He didn’t try to hide it all. Yep, I did it. At times like this it’s vital to remember that micro aggressions are real.
Pretty sure strangling others is a macro aggression. Unless you’re talking about the wife & son.
I’m headed to Pittsburg in the AM glibs. If any of yall live there and want some company in the evening between Tuesday and Thursday, let me know. I’m amicable company and I never pee in the floor. Honest.
Say hi to ARMCO for me? I did work for them in Sharon, Pa.
Oh! Butler, Pa. too
I’m going to a class on EAF’s. I’m sure there will be some guys from there attending. I’ll tell them-
Sup Tres
Lemme tell you all I know about Direct Shell Evacuation and how it pertains to emissions requirements….
*sigh*
I probably care. But damn man, its 10 o’clock and I’m drinking beer.
You just need to worry about VE’s and opacity, Im guessing
Kids https://imgur.com/gallery/jaYvYHq
I just made my way to microwave and had a sudden realization, yes I do have kids.
I want to see you shoot the formula into the kid from the gun
I caught a nasty cold over the weekend, just in time for Boilo season. It’s coal country home made hot toddy. There is a bourbon line that is kept in business just by this one areas’s drinking habit.
It’s great spicy and citrus warm booze that clears the sinuses and soothes the throat.
https://punchdrink.com/articles/how-pennsylvanias-boilo-punch-recipe-became-local-holiday-obsession/
Bourbon through the nose.
“What’s the difference between a tornado and a divorce in the South? Nothing, someone is losing a trailer.”
– Robin Williams
Was that from the days when he was doing blow? He was pretty damn funny then.
Yep.
Steak https://imgur.com/gallery/Suv6oEN
I’m cooking this beautiful bastard.
Nice. I got a couple New Yorks that are going on the cast iron in about ten minutes with some roasted Brussels sprouts and bacon and cheese stuffed mushrooms. I went to Costco yesterday. Damn I love that place. Redbreast 12 year was 36 bucks a bottle on sale and I picked up the standard Bulleit 1.75 for 36 bucks. God bless the free market.
I cooked 6 for a group of friends on Sat in the rain on the Webber, came out great. I made a butter out of old left over blue cheese and herbs to top the ribeyes. The local restaurant supply tore had whole packer ribeye roasts for 6$ a lbs prime angus.
Pics. https://imgur.com/gallery/AJrTuKN
That’s a damn good deal.
Nice. I roasted a chicken tonight but nothing beats a quality piece of beef done right.
Looks great.
Are human mouths really dirtier than that of dogs?
*taps out*
Goodnight, Missus Calabash, wherever you are .
Dunno who recommended the Teeling Irish Whiskey, but muchos gracias. The Small Batch is my new go-to.
That was me. We drank the feelings after the steaks on sat after a few Irish coffees
And the Teelings.
When I was a vegetarian, I used to eat Quorn ‘chicken’ nuggets. They were pretty good. I still love Amy’s cheese enchiladas. I could go back to being a vegetarian if I could eat those 5 times a week.
I’d probably eat beans and rice every meal
+1 Sir Mix-a-lot
I’m one of the clowns.
It’s Why I’m Here.
They’re coming to take me away.
Was expecting this
I know, it was intentionally misleading!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WM-6nX4to
I was thinking more Sawdust and Tinsel, but each his own.
Or the Pagliacci joke in The Watchmen.
That is disturbing.
You’re all pigs!