Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2013

Have made this recipe several times. Halfed the rice and made it with chicken as well as following the recipe exactly as is. Doubled carrots and used spinach rather than broccoli. I like the spinance better than broccoli, too. Used sour cream instead of plain yogurt everytime. Used the juice of one lemon b/c didn't have lemon grass. Yum! Not a fan of cilantro, so never used it.

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MLambert

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bel Air, Maryland, USA

Living In: Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2013

Made it twice and love it. I prefer to cook the broccoli and bell pepper shorter so they are still a bit crisp when the soup is done so add them 15 minutes after I start simmering everything together. Love the lemon grass and fresh cilantro.

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Roxy B.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: River Rouge, Michigan, USA

Living In: San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

Excellent! I had some leftover veggies and rice and found it a wonderful way to re-invent them. As for the negative reviews, one has to like Thai cooking in order to like the soup. It's all a matter of taste.

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fhohn1946

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2011

Absolutely love this! Thank you!

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motherteresa

Home Town: Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2011

this recipe is very good. It's kind of light and very filling at the same time. It is quite spicy so if you don't like that i'd reduce the chili peppers. Also i subbed the lemon grass (didn't have any) for lemon zest. I pureed about half of it to retain some texture and everyone in my family really enjoyed it!

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styrofoamplates

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: New York, New York, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2010

This was delicious. A little too spicy. I would recommend either the chile pepper OR the pepper garlic sauce, not both. Like others, I did not blend the soup, but that might be worth trying in the future. I skipped the saffron and added the juice of half of a lime since I thought it was missing a little something.

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JULIEKID

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA

Living In: Coralville, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2010

I didnt like it at all, I followed the recipe except for the saffron but I cant imagine that the saffron would change the taste very much.

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corunmila

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Jacksonville, Arkansas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2010

One of the best soups ever. It has a strong complex flavor. I followed the recipe exactly. A real winner!

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ThisDudeCooks

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Austin, Texas, USA

Living In: Mckinney, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2010

I am giving this a 4 instead of a 5 for a couple of reasons and please keep in mind that I followed the recipe to a T down to the saffron. My first reason is that it is an extremely costly soup to make and didn't have the "wow" factor that something so pricey should have had in my opinion. Secondly because I think the ginger overpowered the other ingredients for the most part. I did blend it in batches as the recipe called for but didn't blend what would be considered the last batch and I actually enjoyed it more. The blended dispersed the flavors a little better but the non-blended looked much more appealing and you could taste the individual flavors better. All in all good recipe (blended or not) if you scaled down on the ginger and like coconut based soups so I am giving it a 4.

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