How To Cook Tom Yum Pasta Step By Step – Easy Recipe For Beginners

Tom Yum Pasta is a Thai-Italian fusion dish that I really like. During this circuit breaker period, I had the time to learn how to cook this feisty and flavoursome dish. Below is my easy step-by-step recipe for cooking Tom Yum Pasta!

Ingredients

– Spaghetti
– Tom Yum Paste (I like the Hollyfarms brand)
– Chopped (or Sliced) Garlic
– Salt
– Olive Oil
– Pork Belly Slices
– Squids
– Frozen Cooked Shrimps
– Crabsticks
– Sausages
– Any other ingredients you like

Directions

1. Add one tablespoon of salt into a pot of boiling water, then add spaghetti sticks. Gently bend the sticks into the pot. Boil for around 7 to 9 minutes until al dente (taste one strand to test).
2. Set aside one cup of pasta water, then drain the pasta.
3. Add garlic to cold oil in pan, and cook until the garlic just begins to turn golden brown.
4. Add pork belly slices and squids into pan, and stir-fry until almost fully cooked.
5. Add the rest of the ingredients into pan and stir-fry.
6. Add the drained pasta, 1.5 tablespoons of tom yum paste and some pasta water (for flavour and to dissolve the paste) into the pan, and toss well.

Conclusion

I hope you found this simple recipe for cooking Tom Yum Pasta useful! I added the pork belly and squids first because they are raw and need to be cooked longer. Other than that, there are no strict rules here, so feel free to substitute any of the ingredients with your favourite foods.