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Gaeng tao (pork and bean soup)

A thick, comforting soup of beans, pork and garlic, lightly flavoured with fish sauce. It is eaten hot with sticky rice during the cooler days.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

383 kcal per serving

Protein
31.3 g
Carbohydrates
33.5 g
of which sugars
4.7 g
Fat
11 g
of which saturated fat
3.2 g
Fiber
12.3 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Soak the dried beans the night before, then rinse them and boil for 30 minutes in simmering water if you are using dried beans.
  2. Cut the pork into cubes and brown them in hot oil with the sliced onion for 5 minutes.
  3. Crush the garlic and add it to the meat with the chopped tomatoes, then cook for 2 minutes.
  4. Pour in the stock, add the drained beans and simmer covered for 35 minutes until the meat is tender.
  5. Season with fish sauce, salt and pepper, then mash a few beans to lightly thicken the soup.
  6. Sprinkle with chopped coriander and serve very hot.

Variations and tips

Vegetarian version. Replace the pork with shiitake mushrooms and the stock with vegetable stock.

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Original Ecomely recipe.