Spicy Thai Watermelon With Crab
Updated June 6, 2024

- Total Time
- 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1small watermelon (about 3 pounds)
- 2ripe tomatoes
- 1minced garlic clove
- 2tablespoons lime juice
- Minced fresh hot chili (like Thai or serrano) (to taste)
- Fish sauce (to taste)
- A few ice cubes
- Small mound of lump crabmeat
- Fresh cilantro
Garnish
Preparation
- Step 1
Peel watermelon, and cut the flesh into large chunks. Put them in a food processor along with tomatoes, garlic, lime juice, minced fresh hot chili (like Thai or serrano) and fish sauce (both to taste). Pulse the mixture, adding a few ice cubes, one at a time, if necessary, to get the machine going. Chill in the fridge. After pouring the soup into bowls, top with a small mound of lump crabmeat. Garnish: Fresh cilantro.
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It's like Thai borscht: cool, refreshing. Didn't have crabmeat, but hard to imagine the soup even better than without. Poured it into a glass and drank it, like borscht.
This is unusual for NYT because it is not the best Thai watermelon soup available. It misses several ingredients, most notably lemongrass. I suggest this recipe instead https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/thai-spiced-watermelon-sou...
How far in advance can this be prepared? Does it freeze well?
This is unusual for NYT because it is not the best Thai watermelon soup available. It misses several ingredients, most notably lemongrass. I suggest this recipe instead https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/thai-spiced-watermelon-sou...
How many does this serve?
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