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Asian Style Rice Soup

January 10, 2017 by Laura Scott 11 Comments

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January – is it the worst month of the year? I think it has actually got much worse in recent years since the trend for detoxing has increased significantly. The only thing I have ever given up is smoking and it will probably be the only thing I ever give up. 

asian style rice soup

Having tried every diet known to man in my teens and early twenties I can guarantee that as soon as I give anything up I will crave it and eat it purely because I cannot have it – or drink it, if it’s booze. I can’t understand why more people don’t realise this, but they don’t; hence the splurge of diet/clean living (yawn) books every January.

asian style rice soup

I am currently reading “This is not a diet book” by Bee Wilson who says everything that I think and more on this subject. My only dietary adjustment in January is an increased vegetable intake. I crave them after a couple of weeks of eating mainly meat, cheese and chocolate.

asian style rice soup

Another  recurring habit in January is that I tend to cook much more Asian food – having missed all the aromatics and chilli heat that are so lacking in festive food. I was skimming through one of my well used Thai cookery books this week, when I came across a recipe for rice soup. On the same day, I saw Fuchsia Dunlop post a soupy rice dish on Instagram – a combination of the two, and my Asian style rice soup emerged.

The best bit about this soup is the garnish.  Garlic sizzled in oil until light gold and crunchy with added chilli flakes. Once cooled, this is poured on to the soup, transforming it into something completely addictive. Ingredients can be swapped according to what you have in your fridge but it is an especially great way to use up leftover cooked rice and ham.

Here are some other Asian inspired soups from around the web:

Easy Vegetarian pho – Love & Lemons

Smoky Mexican Asian noodle soup – Deena Kakaya

Spicy meatball & Asian noodle soup – Hungry Healthy Happy

Asian kale, noodle & coconut broth – Foodie Quine

Quick red Thai curry noodle soup – Amuse Your Bouche

Chicken noodle soup – Jo’s Kitchen

Pak choi noodle soup – Coffee & Vanilla

Chicken Ramen – Coriander Queen 

Quick tom yum soup – Fab Food 4 All

Beef noodle soup – Its not easy being greedy

Broccoli mushroom coconut noodle soup  – Family Friends Food

asian style rice soup
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Asian Style Rice Soup

An Asian style rice soup which makes the most of any leftovers lying in your fridge.
Course Appetizer, Soup
Cuisine Asian
Keyword asian style rice soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Author Laura Scott

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sunflower/grapeseed oil
  • 1 clove garlic finely chopped
  • 1/4 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 100 g cooked basmati/jasmine rice
  • 450 ml chicken stock
  • 1 knob ginger peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp tamari/dark soy sauce
  • A pinch of sugar
  • 4 chestnut mushrooms finely sliced
  • leftover ham roughly chopped
  • tofu chopped, optional
  • 2 spring onions finely sliced

Instructions

  1. Make the flavoured oil by heating the oil in a frying pan and adding the garlic. Fry until the garlic begins to turn golden at the edges, then turn off the heat and mix in the dried chillies. Set aside.
  2. For the soup, bring the chicken stock to the boil in a small saucepan.
  3. Add in the rest of the ingredients apart from the spring onions.
  4. Bring the soup to the boil again and then simmer for 15 minutes.
  5. Pour the soup into one large bowl or two smaller bowls and scatter over the spring onions and the chilli garlic oil.

Recipe Notes

This recipe makes enough soup to serve one person as a substantial lunch or two people as a starter. You can adapt the ingredients to suit what you have in your fridge.

 

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Filed Under: Family food, Lunch, Main dishes, Snacks and starters, Soups, Speedy Suppers Tagged With: Asian, chicken stock, chilli, fish sauce, garlic, Ham, Healthy, Main course, Mushrooms, oil, Rice, Soup, soy such, spring onions, starter, sugar.

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Comments

  1. Kate @ Veggie Desserts says

    January 11, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    Wise words about detoxing and resolutions. I agree, making foods off-limits just makes you crave them more. I need to get Bee’s book. Lovely soup as well!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 12, 2017 at 2:30 pm

      I’m sure you would love this book Kate!

      Reply
  2. Andrea @ The Petite Cook says

    January 11, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    Asian foods and soup, two of my currently favorite things to eat! I’ll have to try this asap 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 12, 2017 at 2:30 pm

      Me too, I’ve been eating it loads recently

      Reply
  3. Elizabeth says

    January 12, 2017 at 11:13 am

    What a gorgeous sounding soup! I really ought to experiment more with Asian style soups like this – thanks for the inspiration! 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 12, 2017 at 2:29 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Ren Behan says

    January 13, 2017 at 11:05 am

    What a delicious looking soup Laura – just what we need to warm and cheer us all up in January! I’m with you – I’m not a big believer in depriving yourself at this time of year. Nourishing yourself is far healthier!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 16, 2017 at 7:37 pm

      Absolutely Ren, this is the time of year when we need food to give us energy to fight off bugs!

      Reply
  5. Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet says

    January 13, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    Oh dear! Isn’t that another delicious Asian soup? I just love Asian food. And that color matching sets are beautiful Laura.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 16, 2017 at 7:36 pm

      Me too Michelle, can’t beat Asian flavours

      Reply
  6. knattster says

    August 5, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Thanks for sharing my recipe, and yours sounds just delicious. The colours are just gorgeous!

    Reply

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