Thai rice soup (Khao tom) from Milk Street Tuesday Nights: More Than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast (page 129) by Christopher Kimball

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  • Melissa_427 on January 30, 2026

    I opted out of making meatballs. Instead I seasoned the pork (minus the egg) and cooked it in the soup pot, letting it get a little crisp before stirring it around. Added the onion after the meat was cooked and continued forth with the recipe as written. A nice way to make this a one-pot affair. Still delicious!

  • kfreytag on January 06, 2026

    So full of flavor! We ended up making more meatballs because we had so much rice left over. If keeping for leftovers, note that the rice really absorbs the broth — still delicious, but no longer really a soup.

  • Bessp on May 26, 2025

    This was a quick, super flavorful meal. The meatballs are a bit tough, because they're pretty much just boiled ground pork, but very tasty. My husband said "This is an exciting soup" several times while eating it, and if that's not a recommendation, then I don't know what is. We made a half batch so as not to have leftovers.

  • RThoma on December 18, 2021

    Doubled the pork quantity, but kept the remaining ingredients as is. Great soup!

  • Melissa_427 on November 23, 2021

    Such an incredibly satisfying broth and soup overall. My husband always claims to not be a soup person, but as soon as we have a soup with a stellar broth, we are both unequivocally soup people.

  • twoyolks on March 12, 2019

    The soup was decent if a bit too spicy. I really liked the meatballs. Unfortunately, using chile-garlic sauce is a short cut and the broth suffered for it. It didn't have the brightness and contrast I expect in a Thai soup broth.

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