Thai Red Curry Tofu Soup

Name: Thai Red Curry Tofu Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk; 2 cups vegetable broth; 1 (1 inch) piece galangal; 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised and chopped; 5 kaffir lime leaves, torn; 1/2 teaspoon Thai red curry paste; 1 (12 ounce) package extra firm tofu, drained and cubed; 1/2 cup stemmed and sliced shiitake mushrooms; 1/2 cup sliced button mushrooms; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 2 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder; 4 ounces dry rice stick noodles; 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

"This is a Thai-inspired soup with tofu, mushrooms, coconut milk, and rice noodles. After cooking soup and noodles, do not combine them in one pot since the noodles will absorb all of the broth. If you don't have fresh galangal, use 3 pieces of dried galangal instead."

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Thai Red Curry Tofu Soup

4 servings

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

758Calories

22 gProtein

34 gFat

102 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Tofu	100g firm	76
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Shiitake	1/2 cup (73g)	34
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Lemon Grass	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Kaffir Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Galangal	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Lemon grass + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together407 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Coconut + lemon grasstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together274 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Tofu + shiitaketop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together58 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together934 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Lemon grass + shiitaketop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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