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OK – I fibbed a bit in the title of this post. Â This soup actually has less than 5 grams of carbohydrates & 85 calories. Â Still – it is a huge 3 cup bowl of spicy, awesome soup that is as close to guilt free as a bunch of celery and way more satisfying. Â Look at the shirataki packaging:
It is ridiculous to suggest (as the package states) that this is a 2.5 serving package. Â I ate two of these in my bowl of soup – so – I guess I had 5 servings, hence the 5 grams of carbs. Â Still – zero calories!!
The calories came from a 30 calorie vegetarian bouillon cube, a 5 calorie TBS of sriracha & a 30 calorie TBS of vegetarian hoisin.
These noodles are a kind of miracle but be forewarned – they are packaged in a stinky water that smells very funky & fishy. Â I drained my noodles, washed them in water & let them soak in clean water while I went to the gym. Â I came back & sniffed & found them still rather distasteful in the olfactory department. Â I read that boiling them removes the aroma – so – I made this soup. It was done in the time it took the water to warm just to boiling & there were ZERO funkified elements in the completed pho. Â Had there been any lingering fishiness, the sriracha & hoisin would have overpowered it. Â But, sincerely, there was nothing yucky about the finished product. Â I am going to have to learn to get very creative with these because I just cannot pass up the opportunity of 85 calorie meals that feel like they are pasta-based.
ZERO CALORIE ZERO CARB Vegetarian Shirataki PhoÂ
INGREDIENTS
2 Â 7 oz packages of shirataki noodles (I prefer the tofu ones to the yam ones)
2 cups stock (I used water & a veggie bouillon cube)
1 TBS hoisin sauce
1 TBS sriracha sauce (or to taste)
fresh chopped cilantro
DIRECTIONS
Drain & rinse the shirataki in hot water. Â Put all the ingredients in a pot & bring just to a boil – making sure your bouillon is dissolved. Â Add more fresh cilantro. Â Shove it in your face like a glutton & imagine your ass shrinking until it looks like this
(image stolen from the internet)
If that soup will make my ass look like that…I’m running to the store right now!
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It seems I have to alter my comment…if that soup will make my “rear end”, look like that…please give it to me every meal.
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I have to get my ass to that Asian market. The food id gorgeous. The ass is gorgeous.
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Megan – I got the noodles on AMAZON!!!!
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I only found tofu shirataki noodles (20 cal/pkg) and I used chicken bouillon cubes and threw in a handful of bean sprouts. Still….. the whole pot was 106 calories! Thank yoU!! Delish!
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Right? I eat them all the time!
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This actually has around 9 carbs though…. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks good but then I´d rather have 2 eggs with 2 slices of bacon, 10g parmesan on top and 100g broccoli. It has only has half of the carbs this “no carb soup” has.
Not trying to be a dick, just wanting to help other.
LOVE
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The vegetarian hoisin sauce is high in sugar and carbs. Which one did you use.
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Read the recipe. All info is there – including brands.
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