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Rustic Thai Beef Soup

This Rustic Thai Beef Soup recipe 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!

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.

Looking for Thai Beef Soup Recipes? Here is a delicious one! This Rustic Thai Beef Soup recipe 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!

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!

This Rustic Beef Thai Soup recipe 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!

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 sauteing some curry paste, browning mushrooms and ground beef, throwing in some vegetables and liquid, and letting the magic happen.

This Rustic Beef Soup Thai recipe 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!

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.

This Rustic Thai Soup Beef recipe 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!

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.

This Rustic Thai Beef Curry Soup recipe 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!

I know you can’t wait any longer to try this spicy Thai beef soup for yourself!

Here’s the Recipe!

Rustic Thai Beef Soup

Rustic Thai Beef Soup Recipe

This Rustic Thai Beef 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!
4.3 from 12 votes
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Course: Soups & Stews
Cuisine: Thai
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 301kcal
Author: Linda
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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 Facts
Rustic Thai Beef Soup Recipe
Serving Size
 
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
301
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
18
g
28
%
Saturated Fat
 
5
g
31
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
11
g
Cholesterol
 
50
mg
17
%
Sodium
 
1527
mg
66
%
Carbohydrates
 
16
g
5
%
Fiber
 
3
g
13
%
Sugar
 
5
g
6
%
Protein
 
20
g
40
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Linda

Hi, I'm Linda! Welcome to The Wanderlust Kitchen, where I share recipes and travel adventures from all around the world. Here you'll find a world of recipes you can have confidence in. These recipes celebrate authentic food heritage as well as modern techniques and ingredients. Be adventurous and try a new recipe and travel somewhere you have never been before.  Bon Appétit! Bon Voyage!  

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