# Eggplant Soup

A comforting eggplant soup topped with crispy bacon and fresh parsley.

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

## Ingredients

- 6 pieces eggplants
- 1 cup cashews, toasted
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 10 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 0.5 cup cooking cream
- 10 strips bacon, chopped
- chicken stock
- pepper
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Pour the eggplant soup into a bowl.
2. Drizzle cream over the soup.
3. Garnish with fresh parsley.
4. Add crispy bacon on top.
5. Unpack the bacon.
6. Cut the bacon into small cubes.
7. Place the bacon in a hot pan.
8. Cook the bacon until crispy.
9. Remove the crispy bacon from the pan and set aside.
10. Slice the white onion.
11. Mince the garlic cloves.
12. Add the sliced onion and minced garlic to the pan with the bacon fat.
13. Toast the cashews in a separate pan until fragrant and lightly browned.
14. Roast the eggplants over an open flame until charred.
15. Place the charred eggplants in a bowl.
16. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the eggplants steam.
17. Remove the steamed eggplants from the bowl.
18. Mince the eggplant flesh.
19. Add the minced eggplant to the pan with sautéed onions and garlic.
20. Add the toasted cashews to the pan.
21. Pour in chicken stock.
22. Season with fish sauce and pepper.
23. Simmer the mixture.
24. Blend the soup mixture until smooth using an immersion blender.
25. Stir in cream into the soup.
26. Mix until well combined.
27. Serve the eggplant soup in a bowl.
28. Drizzle with cream.
29. Add fresh parsley.
30. Top with crispy bacon strips.

## Equipment

- bowl
- ladle
- pan
- strainer
- chopping board
- knife
- tongs
- blender
- wooden spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CTdM1u1rg/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e2e1888c-6dc9-4832-9d4e-06e60eb061ca
- Extracted: 2025-08-19

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