LOVEANDSPICEINTHEVALLEYOFDEATH#2
Tom Yum Quickee AKA Spicy Assed Soup This is an absolute weekly staple for me. Loads of chilli, fresh veg and no carb (unless you want). Keeps my fire up and my fat belly down. Happy to own the shame that this is straight out of a jar. I add a ton of pimp over the top but the base of the dish is a Tom Yum paste. For the uninitiated, Tom Yum is a Thai 'hot and sour soup'. Quick travel porn detour, I've had the real deal over there and of course is waaaay different (photo below). Loads more 'fish bits' to add a deeper flavour and just generally rich as fuck. I'm not trying to recreate that but this is true enough to the name if you're fussed about that kind of shit. My big surprise from the little Thai caff where I ate this was... tomato. They put tomatoes in their real-deal Tom Yum soup (don't be a racist, of course have tomatoes in Thailand, duh). That's now added to my recipe and really rounds out the flavour, the combo of coconut milk and ...
