Thai Cucumber Soup

Thai Cucumber Soup

14 Reviews
  • Prep: 35 min
  • Cook: 30 min
  • Ready In: 1 hr 5 min

“This spicy, sweet and sour soup is a Thai classic. Serve garnished with additional cucumber slices and parsley, and perhaps over rice.” - by Dayna

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 6 servings

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a deep pan over medium heat. Add the green onions, and cook until soft. Stir in the cucumbers, vinegar, chicken broth, water, chile peppers, parsley, cilantro, lemon grass, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce, and ginger. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer over medium heat until the cucumbers are soft, about 20 minutes. Stir in the sour cream until evenly blended, and simmer 10 minutes more.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (6 total)

  • Calories
  • 115 cal
  • 6%
  • Fat
  • 8.1 g
  • 12%
  • Carbs
  • 10.3 g
  • 3%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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kuratenko
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kuratenko

"This was one of few recipies which I could not imagine how the dish would come out until I actually make it...this is a very good sour-spicy soup. Even though I made it only with cucumbers following t..." See morehe recipe, I think I can add other vegetables, like mushrooms and carrots. I will make this again! "

WINELOVER813
13

WINELOVER813

"I had to make some changes because I didn't have lemongrass or chile peppers...added lemon zest and juice of a half of lemon, sprinkled with crushed red pepper and 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper. What an inte..." See moreresting soup! I also added a can of straw mushrooms and 1 thinly sliced carrot. Next time I am going to add coconut milk instead of sour cream to give it more of a thai taste. Adjust the amount of vinegar and heat to your liking. I will make this again!"

kayjeckel
13

kayjeckel

"This was great, but I did change the recipe so this review might not be too helpful. I had some spicy homemade vegetable stock on hand, so I used that and left out the chile peppers. I also used tan..." See moregerine zest instead of lemon grass because that is so hard to find. I recommend this recipe :)"

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