Thai green curry noodle soup

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Thai green curry noodle soup - made with homemade Thai curry paste
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I’m so excited to tell you about a product today. As soon as I saw these noodles online, I just knew that I had to tell you about them!

As a vegetarian, it can be really easy to fall into the trap of having pasta / noodles for every meal – which isn’t the most nutritious way of eating. Buuut, these noodles from Explore Asian are different – they’re made from beans! Which means, 100g of these noodles contains:

  • just 16g of carbohydrates (compared to about 75g in normal pasta)
  • 18g of fibre (compared to around 3g in pasta)
  • and best of all: 43g of protein!! Normal pasta only contains about 13g of protein per 100g

So – low carb, high protein, and high fibre! It’s a pasta lover’s dream!

Bean noodles - made only with beans and water, these make a great gluten free alternative to pasta!

You might expect such an incredible product to be full of bizarre ingredients, but nope: beans and water. That’s it – which means they’re gluten free, vegan, and they’re also totally organic.

How Explore Asian managed to get beans and water to look and act exactly like pasta, I have absolutely no idea. But they did! It’s utter magic.

Thai green curry noodle soup - made with homemade Thai curry paste

I used the fettuccine shaped noodles, made with edamame and mung beans, but there are also varieties made with black beans, soy beans and adzuki beans (which each give a different coloured noodle!). The texture is a little different to normal pasta (these noodles are a little chewier), but they’re still absolutely delicious, and will definitely curb your pasta craving!

Thai green curry noodle soup - made with homemade Thai curry paste

I used my bean noodles to make Thai green curry noodle soup, but you could use them for Italian-style pasta dishes too – just like normal pasta, the flavour is pretty mild, so you can dress them up however you like. I had some of my homemade Thai green curry paste to use up, so noodle soup was a no-brainer for me!

If I’m honest, I went a little heavy on the noodles and a little light on the soup – these noodles are super filling! The packet looks like it should serve about two people, but could easily serve four (and I’m not a light eater…). You can adjust the quantities of the recipe to get a consistency you’re happy with – add more or less vegetable stock depending on how noodly you want your soup to be!

What do you think – do these bean-based noodles inspire you? If you’d like to get your hands on a pack, you can get some through Lavida Food, the UK stockists.

Thai green curry noodle soup - made with homemade Thai curry paste

Thai green curry noodle soup

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4.25 from 4 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories:
Author: Becca Heyes

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 onion halved lengthwise then sliced
  • 1 red pepper sliced
  • 1 yellow pepper sliced
  • 75 g baby corn cut into chunks
  • 3 medium mushrooms sliced
  • 3 spring onions sliced
  • 3 tbsp Thai green curry paste homemade or shop-bought
  • 200 g bean pasta
  • 750 ml vegetable stock
  • Black pepper
  • To serve: more spring onions cilantro, fresh coriander

Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a large wok, and add the onion, red and yellow peppers, baby corn, and mushrooms. Stir fry over a medium-high heat for a few minutes, until nearly tender. Then add the curry paste, and cook for 2 more minutes.
  • Meanwhile, boil the bean pasta for around 6-7 minutes, until cooked al dente. Drain the pasta, and add it to the wok with the vegetables and curry paste.
  • Mix everything well, and add the vegetable stock. Season to taste (you probably won’t need extra salt unless you used low sodium stock). Bring to a boil, and serve topped with more spring onions and some fresh coriander (cilantro).

Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.

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20 Comments

  1. is there a link to the pasta for me to buy it? i dont see it listed in the ingredients list, and i cant tell the brand name from the photo. i’ve looked on amazon and there are a number of them – want to be sure i get the right one!

  2. These noodles sound good, love the bowls of soup. it’s definitely a dish for special occasions then4 stars

  3. These recipes are just grand , Love the bowls I been a chef for over 40 years you have some professional recipes here.
    Chef Ernie4 stars

          1. sorry, when I checked on amazon, I saw prices around $25, which would have been quite the price for 200g, haha. But I didn’t realize it was six packages! My bad! >_<

  4. Wow! Have never heard of these before but absolutely love the idea of them. Love moong beans. Have just used them in my last post actually but these ribbons are just wondrous!

  5. I MUST get these noodles! Waitrose used to stock chickpea spaghetti with their fresh pasta, but perhaps I was the only one buying it as I haven’t seen it in ages. I have been looking for a substitute and these sound the business. As does this fresh and clean-sounding curry soup. I have a curry soup concoction at least once a week (often just for myself). Beautifully satisfying to slurp. Perfect for cool days. :-)

  6. These noodles sound good – I have friends and relations who have coeliac disease and are always on the lookout for decent gluten-free pasta, so do you know where they would be able to buy them?