Asian Base Stock Concentrate
Creating your own Asian stock concentrate at home, especially with the help of a Thermomix, is a fantastic way to add deep, authentic flavours to your cooking without relying on store-bought options filled with preservatives, artificial flavors, and other unwanted additives. This homemade concentrate is crafted purely from natural ingredients, so you can enjoy a rich, umami-packed base for soups, stir-fries, and marinades while knowing exactly what's going into your food. Not only does it taste fresher and more vibrant than commercial concentrates, but it's also a healthier, cleaner option for adding depth and complexity to your favourite Asian dishes.
I made this recipe years and years ago, and I can attribute this idea to a Sydney Thermomix consultant who separates her ‘stock options’(don’t you love it?) into Red, Green and Other…This is quite spicy but for a mild version, reduce or completely leave out the chillies.
Use 1 or 2 tablespoons straight from the jar into stir fries, noodle dishes, anything that has that basic 'Asian' flavour profile going on. It will be a great boost to all those dishes, and rather than using the basic Cookidoo version of Veggie stock paste, this is going to do a lot more for your food!
Try it with all or any of these for starters, then get creative and see what else works:
Skinnymixer's Asian Herb Salad
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Need
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 red chilli
- 20 Grams fresh ginger peeled
- 4-6 makrut (kaffir) lime leaves
- 4 red shallots peeled and halved
- 50 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
- 1 lemongrass stalk
- 1 Handful fresh coriander or cilantro
- 1 Handful flat leaf parsley leaves
- 1 x 400 Gram tinned, diced tomatoes
- 1 capsicum/bell pepper red, roughly chopped
- 2 Teaspoons peppercorns
- 180 Grams pink salt flakes BUY
- 30 Grams fresh lime juice
Do
- 1
Place garlic, chillies, ginger, lime leaves, shallots and EVOO into Thermomix bowl and chop 4 sec/speed 6.
- 2
Saute 5 min/Varoma/speed 2/spatter guard.
- 3
Add remaining ingredients and cook 30 min/100°C/speed 3.
- 4
Remove lemon grass stalk, add the lime juice and puree 30 sec/speed 10 or until well blended. This is quite liquid as opposed to being a paste.
- 5
Store in sterilised jars in fridge until use. This will keep up to 6 months without any problem.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
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