{"id":1011,"date":"2014-10-09T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T19:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2014-11-01T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T11:01:56","slug":"a-basic-asian-soup-base-that-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/a-basic-asian-soup-base-that-i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"A versatile, basic Asian inspired soup that I like"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tom<\/a>I love a spicy Asian soup, whether the traditional Thai tom yum,<\/a> a Cantonese hot and sour soup<\/a> or an Asian style fish soup<\/a>.\u00a0 I also love easy formulas, especially for favorite recipes.\u00a0 Here’s a basic soup I make using Asian flavors.\u00a0 It’s the combination of these flavors that give it that spicy Thai\/Vietnamese taste. \u00a0 Keep the ingredients on hand in the freezer and you can have a restaurant quality soup in less than 30 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0 Then I add whatever vegetables or proteins I fancy that day, often simply mushrooms, scallions or snow peas, and shrimp or a fish filet.\u00a0 Dig in.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Boil 4 cups water or chicken broth, then add:<\/span>
\n2 stalks of lemon grass, crushed first then chopped
\n4 kaffir lime leaves, chopped into slivers
\n4 slices ginger, about a thumb size, chopped
\n1 tablespoon tamarind paste (for sour taste)
\n1 seeded, slivered chili of your choice (I use a mild goat pepper chili)<\/p>\n

Simmer on medium heat<\/span> for 10-15 minutes.
\nStrain the broth<\/span> from the grasses, leaves and seeds into a new pot.<\/p>\n

Adjust taste<\/span> using:
\n1 tablespoon fish sauce (for salt and depth of flavor, I use Three Crabs brand<\/a>)
\nA squirt of lime or rice vinegar to make it sour.
\nA pinch of palm sugar to offset the lime.<\/p>\n

You now have a tasty broth.
\n\"shrimp<\/a>
\nI like to add a dozen raw shrimp<\/span> (heads on for flavor,) a handful of scallops or a tilapia filet the last 5 minutes of cooking.\u00a0 I always add a handful of mushroom slices, sliced scallions.\u00a0<\/span> Snow peas and asparagus are also favorites, you can add slices of beef or pork,<\/span> even tofu and small meatballs.<\/p>\n

\"Chili<\/a>BEFORE SERVING, if you like hot and spicy,<\/span> dab a teaspoon of chili garlic sauce or Sriracha chili garlic sauce<\/a>. (Purchase at Asian and Oriental markets.)<\/p>\n

Top with bean sprouts<\/span> and sprigs of fresh cilantro or holy basil and eat with chopsticks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love a spicy Asian soup, whether the traditional Thai tom yum, a Cantonese hot and sour soup or an Asian style fish soup.\u00a0 I also love easy formulas, especially for favorite recipes.\u00a0 Here’s a basic soup I make using Asian flavors.\u00a0 It’s the combination of these flavors that give it that spicy Thai\/Vietnamese taste. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5vW9k-gj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goddessgrub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}