Thai Kitchen makes many more gluten-free items than those that contain gluten. For some reason, I’ve not tried that many of them. Their gluten-free products are easy to spot, with ‘gluten-free’ usually posted on the front and/or back of the package. Many of their items are free of other allergens besides gluten. You can find out which items suit your dietary needs by checking out the company’s allergen information.
Recently, I checked out some Rice Noodle Soup Bowls and a Rice Noodle Cart meal. The Spring Onion and Roasted Garlic soups bowls are both very easy to prepare and quite tasty. You add water and the contents of the spice pack and flavored oil pack to the included bowl if noodles. Then you cook it in the microwave for a short time. If I had to choose a favorite flavor, the Spring Onion would just edge out the Roasted Garlic.
For some reason, I picked up the Spicy Thai Basil Rice Noodle Cart meal, even though I don’t care for spicy dishes generally speaking. The container includes a bag of noodles, a bag of dehydrated vegetables/spices and a bag of sauce. With this product, you add very little water, the spice pack and the sauce to the noodles and cook in the microwave briefly. I used the entire spice pack to get a feel for exactly how spicy the flavors were even though the smell of them indicated they were very spicy for my taste.
The taste of the Noodle Cart meal was excellent, but it was way too hot for me. It was actually so spicy it opened up my sinuses. In the future, I’d leave out most of the spice pack because I really loved the noodles and sauce which didn’t seem very spicy at all. The one serving Spicy Thai Basil meal contains 6g of protein and 24% of the RDA for fiber which is quite impressive.
The soup bowls are perfect for a quick lunch or to pack for a car trip when you need to supply your own safe meals when visiting friends or family. The packages are a bit bulky to pack when flying since baggage frees are so exorbitant these days. The Rice Noodle Cart meals ares very compact and would be easy to pack (in checked bag) even for trips that involve flying. Also, an added bonus is that if you want to save the lidded container, it’s reusable.
In addition to the Noodle Cart meals and Soup Bowls, there are several cooking sauces, simmer sauces, curry pastes, coconut milks, some rice, some noodles and canned soups in the line that are currently gluten-free. When shopping for Thai Kitchen products, remember to always look for ‘gluten-free’ on the package. This page lists the stores that carry some items in this line. If you can’t find them at a store in your area, you can purchase them online from the company and on Amazon.com. Again, all Thai Kitchen products sold at stores and online are not gluten-free. Carefully check the label or website description to choose the right products for your needs.
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