Thai Red Curry Noodle Soup
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Yes, you can have Thai takeout right at home! This soup is packed with so much flavor with bites of tender chicken, rice noodles, cilantro, basil and lime juice!
It’s been about 6 weeks since our Thailand trip.
And yes, I needed a teeny tiny break from Thai food. But let’s be real. That only lasted like 0.2345 seconds.
So I’m back on the Thai food binge for the foreseeable future, starting with this noodle soup.
Now you know I love a red curry. But I love it even more with rice noodles.
It’s so cozy, it’s so comforting, and it’s so fragrant with all the cilantro, basil and lime juice. Although I always add a little bit of extra lime juice to my bowl for that extra zesty kick!
Thai Red Curry Noodle Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 tablespoons red curry paste
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 (13.5-ounce) can coconut milk
- 4 ounces rice noodles
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
Equipment
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Add chicken to the stockpot and cook until golden, about 2-3 minutes; set aside.
- Add garlic, bell pepper and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in red curry paste and ginger until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken broth and coconut milk, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Stir in chicken. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in rice noodles, fish sauce and brown sugar until noodles are tender, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat; stir in green onions, cilantro, basil and lime juice; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately.
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Wow!!! This was abso-freaking-lutely DELICIOUS!!! Best Thai dish we’ve made at home!!! Definitely going on the permanent rotation!
Do you think you could make this in a slow cooker over low?
Thanks!
This was so dang good! Flavor was absolutely delish even without the fish sauce (thought I had some) and I added red pepper flakes for spice. This is now going into the family meal rotation!
Absolutely delicious! Followed directions to a t and it was amazing!
A new favorite
My 10th time (at least) making this, and probably my 2nd or 3rd review. I don’t always follow the recipe to a ‘T’, just based off what I have on hand, but it’s always a winner!! Tonight I couldn’t find any red curry paste so I mixed Thai Kitchen Red sweet chili sauce with curry powder, and it was a great substitute. Also added zucchini and broccoli to this pot. It’s soooo delish as is, but I also customizable to your tastes!
Vraiment très bon!!! N’hésiter pas, vos papilles vont adorées 🙂 🙂
Excellent! Sometimes I add canned bean sprouts.
Excellent, delicious! This was a very authentic recipe. I went to a Thai restaurant before and had this. The flavor development is incredible. Try the recipe you won’t be disappointed.
I’ve made this 7 or 8 times since finding your recipe 2 months ago.
It’s amazing – light, warm, spicy, tangy,
fresh – delightful! I usually make it with the pan juices after I’ve cooked chicken breasts for my teen athlete’s protein binges, and either addshrimp or just leave out the chicken for myself. I add fresh bean sprouts, colored peppers, carrots, cabbage, onions, ramps, whatever I have in the house to round it out. Now that my herbs have come in its so easy to just snip here and there and have what I need for it. I used some lemon balm, purple basil and parsley today to go with the cilantro – well see how it tastes! Thank you, thank you for introducing me to this simple, delicious, addictive elixir! Be well.
I make this all the time. I’ve even substituted the chicken stock for beef stock cause it’s all I had and the result is the same, this recipe is amazing!
Absolutely Devine
Easy and delicious. 12/10 would recommend. Obsessed with this dish! I could have seconds, thirds, fourths…. It’s THAT damn delicious.
This recipe is soooo good. I added spinach. Yummy!
What brand of curry paste is used in this recipe?
Wowza – loved it! Moving it into the regular rotation!
Wow, this was really sensational. i’m not one to post changes i’ve made to a recipe, but i always cook with the intention of having leftovers so i didn’t want to add the noodles directly to the soup. sooooo since i doubled it i reduced the chicken broth to 8 cups (rather than 12). for full disclosure i added some cayenne pepper toward the end because i like spice, and perhaps my red curry was not on the strong side.
this really was sensational. looking forward to trying other recipes on this site.
New favorite!
Made it for the family, beautiful. Loved it!!
Made this for dinner tonight! It’s really delicious, but was hoping for more spicy heat! We’re a spicy ️ food family
It’s ok though we all still enjoyed it a lot! Will just add some thai chili’s next time for added spice…
Does anyone know what can be substituted for coconut milk? (no dairy either) So many good receipes like this call fort but we can’t have it 🙁 Any ideas?
I add cream but that won’t work for you, however, it is amazing without it. I like to have a bowl before I add in the cream because it is so good and just a little different from the leftovers.
Unreal recipe
Family loved it and very quick and easy to make.
I haven’t made it yet as I just found the recipe, but it does look amazing. I have some questions to ask.
1. Can I use chicken thighs instead of breasts?
2. Can this be frozen?
3. Can seafood (shrimp, scallop, squid) be used, like what is used in a seafood Tom Yum soup?