6 Ways with Sachet Soups

6 Ways with Something Extra

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I’ve recently discovered a range of single serve soups that are perfect as standby lunches to keep in the pantry. I know I’ve discouraged you from lunching on instant soups elsewhere, (See Quick and Healthy Snacks: Soup-in-a-Mug) but these are different.

Tom Yum SoupMade in Thailand, they come in traditional Asian soup styles – namely Laksa, Tom Yum, Wonton and Phð – as well as an Asian style chicken soup. They aren’t powdered, and therefore not highly processed, but are condensed and made (as far as I can tell) with real ingredients and a minimum of additives. All they need is to be diluted with boiling water.

Here in Australia, they’re available in two brands – Hart & Soul from the mainstream supermarkets and The Soup Co from Aldi.

However, as good as these soups are, they are a little light on in bulk, so aren’t enough to make a meal on their own. Nor, being Asian, do they go well with a grilled cheese sandwich.

Therefore, I’ve devised ways of bulking the soups up without straying too far from the traditional recipe.

To make up the numbers (since it does say ‘6 ways’ in the title), I’ve added a bonus recipe. If, like me, you don’t use beef stock in your cooking, but now and again you feel like a hearty beef soup, you can keep a couple of 250ml tetra packs of beef stock in the pantry as a quick soup base.

 

Recipes:

Laksa Sachet Soup plus

Tom Yum Sachet Soup plus

Wonton Sachet Soup plus

Phð Sachet Soup plus

Chicken Sachet Soup plus

Quick Beef Soup

 

Laksa Sachet Soup plus

  • 1 sachet Laksa Soup
  • 1 x 85gm can shredded chicken in water
  • ¼ cup spinach leaves or iceberg or cos lettuce

 

  1. Empty the can of chicken into a large mug
  2. Add contents of soup sachet and mix thoroughly
  3. Slice greens and add to mug
  4. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds
  5. Top up with boiling water and stir

 

Tom Yum Sachet Soup plus

  • 1 sachet Tom Yum Soup
  • 2–3 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • ¼ cup carrot, shaved or grated

 

  1. Place contents of soup sachet in a large mug
  2. Add carrot and stir through
  3. Add cherry tomatoes
  4. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds
  5. Top up with boiling water and stir

Tip: use a vegetable peeler to make shaved carrot

 

Wonton Sachet Soup plus

  • 1 sachet Wonton Soup
  • ¼ cup instant noodles, crushed
  • ¼ cup spinach leaves or iceberg or cos lettuce

 

  1. Place noodles in a large mug
  2. Cover with boiling water and let stand for 3 minutes
  3. Stir in contents of soup sachet
  4. Slice greens and add to mug
  5. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds
  6. Top up with boiling water and stir

 

Phð Sachet Soup plus

  • 1 sachet Phð Soup
  • 1–2 mushrooms, sliced
  • ¼ cup spinach leaves or iceberg or cos lettuce

 

  1. Place contents of soup sachet in a large mug
  2. Add sliced mushrooms and stir through
  3. Slice greens and add to mug
  4. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds
  5. Top up with boiling water and stir

 

Chicken Sachet Soup plus

  • 1 sachet Chicken Soup
  • 1–2 mushrooms, sliced
  • ¼ cup carrot, shaved or grated

 

  1. Place contents of soup sachet in a large mug
  2. Add sliced mushrooms and carrot and stir through
  3. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds
  4. Top up with boiling water and stir

Tip: use a vegetable peeler to make shaved carrot

 

Quick Beef Soup

  • 1 x 250ml tetra pack beef stock
  • ½ cup frozen mixed vegetable
  • 1–2 slices deli roast beef, sliced (optional)

 

  1. Place frozen vegetables in a large mug
  2. Cover with some of the beef stock
  3. Cover and microwave on high for 3 minutes
  4. Add beef (optional) and remaining stock
  5. Cover and microwave on high for 60 seconds

Tip: See 6 Ways with Deli Roast Beef for more ways to use deli roast beef.

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