Heaven help me.
This Rustic Thai Beef Soup makes me want to get the flu, just so I can stay home from work and eat bowl after bowl of it while watching Matlock.
I’ve got some weird Pavlovian complex where I crave chicken noodle soup and my mom every time I hear the theme song to either Matlock or Perry Mason. My family loves us some crime dramas!
About this soup: um, it’s amazing. It’s full of nutritious vegetables, hearty ground beef, and a rich and flavorful broth. Plus, it’s done in only a half hour!
You’re just sauteeing some curry paste, browning mushrooms and ground beef, throwing in some vegetables and liquid, and letting the magic happen.
You could absolutely substitute other vegetables depending on your preferences, but don’t leave out the fresh basil! The fresh tomatoes add a wonderful freshness to the soup and balance some of the spicy notes really well.
I love to serve Thai soup with a big, steaming bowl of jasmine rice. Just transfer some of the rice into the soup bowl one bite at a time, and use a large spoon to scoop up the grains along with the meat, broth, and vegetables.
I know you can’t wait any longer to try this for yourself, so here’s the recipe:
Rustic Thai Beef Soup
This soup is amazing. It's full of nutritious vegetables, hearty ground beef, and a rich and flavorful broth. Plus, it's done in only a half hour!
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. grapeseed or vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp. garlic, chopped
- 3 Tbsp. red curry paste
- 1 c. sliced fresh white mushrooms, rinsed and patted dry
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 5 c. beef broth
- 1 c. green beans, cut into 1" lengths
- 2 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2” half-circles
- 4 wild lime leaves (optional)
- 3 Tbsp. fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 bunch of basil (Holy basil if you can find it), roughly chopped
- 3 Tbsp. chili-garlic sauce
- 2 ripe tomatoes, cut into large chunks
- Jasmine rice for serving
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, then add the garlic and curry paste and stir well. Cook for 2-3 minutes, breaking up the large pieces of curry paste with the back of a spoon.
- Add in the mushrooms and let brown, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add in the ground beef then use your spoon to break up the meat into large chunks.
- Reduce heat to medium, and add in the broth, green beans, zucchini, lime leaves, fish sauce, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Let the soup come to a boil over medium heat, then cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- Turn the heat off and stir in the basil leaves and chili-garlic sauce. Serve with jasmine rice and tomato chunks.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per ServingCalories 301 Total Fat 18g Saturated Fat 5g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 11g Cholesterol 50mg Sodium 1527mg Carbohydrates 16g Fiber 3g Sugar 5g Protein 20g
Comments
I am excited to try this soup! By the way, your photos are so beautiful, it’s hard to select which one to pin on Pinterest. 😉
Thank you so much! I’ve just hopped over to cards by stephanie and love everything I’m seeing 🙂
We had this for dinner tonight and it was amazing. I minced up beef stew meat, since I had it on hand and simmered it a bit longer before adding the veggies so it’d get tender.
Thank you!
Hi, Gabi! This comment just made my day 🙂 So glad you liked it!
I felt like a huge success after making this! Like, I finally mastered another cuisine and it tasted like it would in a restaurant!
I really do love everything that went into this soup – it was fast, fun, I could swim in fish sauce, I just love it all. My husband and I sat down together to eat (which is RARE) this soup and the Chimichurri Steak Sandwiches and it all looked so good together and this soup was just awesome!!
I really want to make this again, but first, I need to make all of your other recipes because I am loving every single one I have tried! Can’t wait to start searching for what to try today!
Thanks so much for this recipe, have a great weekend! It’s pretty cold here in Missouri and I will be on the soccer fields all weekend watching my kids’ games – at least I get to come home to this soup! 🙂
Awesome, Denise! I love getting that feeling 🙂 Although, it makes it hard to pay for restaurant food once you’re able to make it at home 🙂