Khao Soi

HOW TO KHAO SOI YOUR KITS

What you’ll need:

1 Small Yellow Thai Curry Kit (including coconut milk)
1 Lemongrass Soup Kit
1 tbsp olive oil
½ red onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, rough chopped
1 Red bell pepper, sliced thin
1-2 tbsp Soy Sauce (optional)
1 tbsp chili garlic sauce (optional)
1 lime
Protein options: 10oz prawns or thin sliced chicken breast
Noodle options: flat egg noodles, lo mein noodles, or rice noodles
Garnish options: fresh basil and/or cilantro, bean sprouts, lime wedge, crispy noodles

*You will have some leftover portions of your packets from your soup kit along with some of or Jasmine rice to enjoy at another time.

Instructions:

  1. Cook your noodles as per package instructions.  Make sure not to over cook your noodles, you want them about 80-90% cooked.

  2. Combine 1 tsp of the chicken stock from your soup kit with 1 cup of hot water, stir and set aside.

  3. In a large frying pan, heat oil on medium heat and sauté your onion, garlic and 2 tbsp of lemongrass from your soup kit.  Stir regularly and allow to cook for about 3 minutes or until they start to brown (be careful not to scorch).  Add your paste from your yellow kit and stir for about a minute.

  4. Add the full can of coconut milk that came with your yellow kit, scraping along the bottom of your pot as you stir.  Add chicken broth along with the lime leaves and red chilies from both kits (omit chilies for a dish with no spice, cut them up for a spicy one).  Bring your broth to a low simmer while stirring occasionally. 

  5. Add the galangal from your soup kit along with the palm sugar and fish sauce from your yellow kit (you’ll have a total of two packets of fish sauce.  They’re the same size so don’t worry if you mixed them up).

Option:  You may opt to add the soy sauce and the other packet of fish sauce from your soup kit at this point but make sure you’re testing as you go to ensure your dish doesn’t get too salty.  If adding chili garlic paste, do that now.

  1. Add your choice of protein and simmer until cooked.

  2. Remove from heat and add a generous squeeze of lime.

  3. Add a handful of noodles to each bowl and ladle the broth over top.  Your noodles will continue to soften at this point.

  4. Garnish as desired.

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Michelle Chick