Baked Kimball Sos Spageti Tomyam Pasta (specially created by me)

Inspired by the recent post about Kimball’s Pasta Cook-off here, I was certainly excited to try out the new Kimball’s range of 3 new Asian Pasta Sauce – Kari, Rendang and Tom Yam. These sauces are the quick solutions for a hearty home cook meal at any time of the day. Being a wife, a mom and juggling a few jobs, I still want to be able to whip up a home cook meal when I reach home in the evenings. Now we all know making pasta sauce takes time to achieve its rich earthy flavours. Since Kimball has already prepared the pasta sauce, it is now up to us to get creative with the sauce.

My family loves pasta and we do enjoy this often. I try to make several options of pasta for choices and one of my favorite is baked pasta. It does take a little more time but once you have tasted ooey-gooey cheesy pasta, you’ll know it’s worth the extra steps.

So today, I am making a short video to show you my version of Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yam Baked Pasta. It’s my first video shoot so I hope you enjoy the quick video on how to whip up my pasta!

In case you have missed out the video bits, here is the full recipe of my Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yam Baked Pasta inspired by my family’s love for pasta.

Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yam Baked Pasta

Ingredients

1 bottle       Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yam (350gm)

200gm        Kimball Spiral Pasta (or Kimball Spaghetti)

100gm        Prawns (shelled and cut into chunks)

4 pieces      Crab stick (diced)

2 pieces      Chicken Hotdog (cut into small pieces)

100gm        Cheddar Cheese (shredded)

150gm        Ricotta Cheese

1 small       Onion (minced)

2 cloves      Garlic (minced)

1 small       Carrot (diced and lightly parboiled)

1 handful    Cherry Tomatoes (cut into half)

A few sprigs Fresh herbs chopped – Parsley 

2 tbsp          Cooking Oil

Method

Prepared and cut all ingredients.

Cook pasta according to package instructions and take it off 2 minutes earlier since we have to bake the pasta again later. Drain and put aside.

Preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius.

Heat up a pan and sautéed minced garlic and onion with oil till soft and translucent for about 1 minute.

Add in carrot and sautéed for another 1 minute.

Add in the Kimball Sos Spagheti Tom Yam to the pan and let the sauce come to a light boil.

Add in the prawns and hotdogs and let it cook for another 1 minute.

Add in the cooked pasta and mix everything to coat it well. Turn off the fire.

Add in the crab stick and chopped herbs. Mix everything well again gently.

To assemble the dish, have a large baking dish ready together with both cheese and pasta.

Pour in half the pasta into the dish, add in half the ricotta cheese in dollops and half the cheddar cheese over the pasta. Spread them out evenly.

Add in the remaining pasta and repeat with both the cheeses to cover the pasta.

Baked the pasta in the preheated oven for 30 minutes till everything is nicely melted.

Just before removing the pasta, you can also broiled it for 5 minutes to crisp up the top cheese layer.

Serve it hot.

Go ahead and try this recipe and do feel creative to switch up your favorite cheeses like mozzarella or parmesan or cream cheese. I used cheddar and ricotta because it’s my family favorites. You can also add in chicken or seafood or simply go vegetarian. Use any dry or fresh herbs you have on hand. If you use kaffir lime leaves, make sure to shred it very finely. I had parsley on hand so I used that.

The finishing dish is comfort food at its best. The pasta is nicely flavoured with notes of light spiciness and tom yam flavours. I tasted hints of lemongrass notes and subtle tangy flavour together with the tomato sauce. The sauce is not spicy at all and my little one even enjoyed it with us.

The best part of all, the dish can be kept as leftover and reheated or if you are just like my family, we polished the dish off between three of us off happily that evening!

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Kimball Launches New Asian Pasta Sauce @ KL Sogo

The Great Kimball Pasta Cook-off!

Kimball, a trusted brand in Malaysian homes, has recently launched their new Asian Pasta Sauce in the market. No stranger to the consumer industry, Kimball has been producing many great tasting sauces under the group for the Malaysian palates for as long as I can remember while I was growing up. Established in 1970s, Kimball has garnered many fans who enjoy savoring their range of affordable and delicious sauces.

In addition to their line of current pasta sauces, Kimball has now added 3 new Asian Pasta Sauce to cater to the local taste bud of Malaysians. Together with sponsors Tefal and Sogo, Kimball launched the new Asian Pasta Sauce with The Great Pasta Cook-off at KL Sogo on March 26, 2015. The event was attended by members of the media and bloggers together with celebrities and guests.

The event highlighted the problems faced by many wives and mothers in preparing a home cook meal for their family. Being a mother myself and also juggling a career, it is indeed tough to whip up a home cook meal at times. After talking to several mothers and wives, time seemed to be the main issue whiles others also said that they are always looking for varieties when it comes to preparing meals for the family.

And that is where Kimball comes in with three new Asian pasta sauce. We do love pasta and many Malaysians cook pasta as often as they could for their family. It’s a hearty noodle dish that many will enjoy. However, cooking a good pasta sauce takes time to produce its delicious flavours. Kimball is introducing a new range of tomato based pasta sauce with an Asian twist. Not only does it save time for many mothers and wives who cooks for their family, the sauces also gives varieties of flavours.

Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yam, Kimball Sos Spageti Rendang and Kimball Sos Spageti Kari

Kimball’s new range of Asian pasta sauce is inspired by Malaysians’ favorite dishes of spicy Tom Yum, Rendang and Curry. We love our spices and we enjoy bold flavours of savory, sweet, spicy and sour flavours. Hence Kimball’s Asian pasta sauces are perfect to jazz up the classic pasta sauce with local flavours of our Malaysian classics! A botol of 350gm sauce retails at RM4.95 and is already available in the market.

Catch the event of The Great Cook-off…

The Celebrity Cook Off between actress & producer Yasmin Hani and MasterChef Malaysia Season 1 Ezani Farhana took off shortly and it was a battle between cooking the conventional way and the Kimball sauce way. Yasmin cooked her Tom Yum Spaghetti from scratch while Ezani cooked her pasta using Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yum. While both Yasmin and Ezani were all smiles, it was certainly serious when it comes to the cook off!

Ezani took about 7 minutes while Yasmin took about 14 minutes plus to cook the pasta. Of course Yasmin had a helper with cutting all the ingredients so it was actually more than just 14 mins to cook the dish.

It was without a doubt that an easier option was using Kimball Sos Spageti Tom Yum as it reduces time. Cooking with Kimball pasta sauce was as easy as 1,2,3 as one needs only to add in some diced onions, minced meat or seafood to the sauce. Cook up the pasta and serve once the meat or seafood is cooked in the pasta sauce. Many guests present sampled the dishes and it was concluded that the Kimball new Asian pasta sauce is as good as cooking from scratch.

Now one should have no excuse to whip up a pasta dish in few minutes!

From left to right: Yasmin Hani, Stephane Vilquin & Masterchef Ezani Farhana

For more information on Kimball, visit website: www.campbellsoup.com.my and Facebook: www.facebook.com/KimballMalaysia