# Eggplant Soup

A creamy roasted eggplant soup garnished with crispy bacon and fresh parsley.

- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 pieces eggplants
- 1 cup cashews, toasted
- 1 piece white onion, chopped
- 10 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 0.5 cup cooking cream
- 10 strips bacon, chopped
- as needed Chicken stock
- Pepper
- to top Parsley

## Instructions

1. Dice the bacon.
2. Render the diced bacon in a pan until crispy and golden.
3. Remove the crispy bacon from the pan and set aside.
4. Slice the white onion.
5. Chop the garlic cloves.
6. Sauté the sliced onion and chopped garlic in the bacon fat until translucent and fragrant.
7. Toast the cashews in a separate pan until fragrant and lightly browned.
8. Roast the eggplants over an open flame until charred.
9. Place the charred eggplants in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap to steam.
10. Peel off the skin from the steamed eggplants.
11. Mince the peeled eggplant flesh.
12. Add the minced eggplant to the pan with the sautéed onions and garlic.
13. Add the toasted cashews to the pan.
14. Pour chicken stock into the pan.
15. Add fish sauce.
16. Season with pepper.
17. Bring the mixture to a simmer.
18. Blend the soup mixture with an immersion blender until smooth and creamy.
19. Stir in cooking cream until well combined.
20. Pour the eggplant soup into a serving bowl.
21. Drizzle with cooking cream.
22. Garnish with fresh parsley.
23. Top with the crispy bacon strips.

## Equipment

- pan
- cutting board
- knife
- strainer
- bowl
- tongs
- plastic wrap
- blender
- ladle
- wooden spoon

## Tips

- Roast eggplants over an open flame until charred, then steam to easily peel off the skin.
- Toast cashews until fragrant and lightly browned for best flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNNsF_TTx7O/?igsh=MTZ0NWFsNjNhbGZqdA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c5c5863c-9d8e-4cdf-9908-14840ddad7cd
- Extracted: 2025-11-06

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