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Thai Cucumber Soup

SUBMITTED BY: Dayna      PHOTO BY: Dayna

"This spicy, sweet and sour soup is a Thai classic. Serve garnished with additional cucumber slices and parsley, and perhaps over rice."
PREP TIME  35 Min
COOK TIME  30 Min
READY IN  1 Hr 5 Min
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Original recipe yield: 6 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons sliced green onion
  • 3 cucumbers, peeled and chopped
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 quart chicken broth
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 hot chile peppers, seeded and minced
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon lemon grass, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

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.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2008 by 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 the recipe, I think I can add other vegetables, like mushrooms and carrots. I will make this again!

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Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2007 by 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 tangerine zest instead of lemon grass because that is so hard to find. I recommend this recipe :)

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Recipe Submitter:

Dayna
Photo by Dayna
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Home Town: Homestead, Florida, USA
Living In: College Station, Texas, USA
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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 133

  • Total Fat: 9.5g
  • Cholesterol: 19mg
  • Sodium: 1018mg
  • Total Carbs: 9.8g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 1.7g
  • Protein: 3.8g

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