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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Is there nutritional info for this dish. It’s seriously the best!
This is amazing, best soup EVER!
We love this recipe! We have substituted the chicken for broccoli and doubled the noodles to make it into a pasta dish!
Wow! Love it! used Thai Red Curry which is HOT and this was GREAT!
So delicious as is! I always add more garlic, shallots, basil, green onion, and ginger for a little more flavor!
easy to make and damn delicious as advertised. I added bok choy for extra veggies will definitely make it again
Excellent..this is going to be a favorite. Thank you for sharing..
This was great and super easy to make. I chose to make the noodles separately, put them in individual bowls and pour the soup over. (I didn’t want the noodles to be soggy in the leftovers tomorrow.) Worked like a charm. Next time, I may try to cook chicken breasts in the broth, remove them when done and shred them.
Great points!!! Thanks!!!
Superb – and can be shortcut by using leftover rotisserie chicken.
Fantastic outcome for a cook with little skills.
This soup has depth and layers of flavor! Simply delicious!
Was delicious Thank you for your recipe – will definitely be making this soup throughout the winter months!
I made this soup yesterday and OMG, it is soooo delicious.
Absolutely love this soup. Any thoughts on making it in an InstantPot? I have no stovetop currently.
My hubs and I made this tonight. I added shredded carrots Thai basil jalapeños radish and cabbage. The broth is delicious! Will make this again for sure
I did everything DI did and it tasted delicious, it did need a tad bit more flavor it was a little flat and I added some chili garlic sauce, perfect
What brand red curry paste would you recommend? And is the low sodium chicken broth a must to keep it from being overly salty?
I specifically came here to check to see if you had a recipe for this soup, and you did not disappoint! However, I did not know about your cookbook so a BIG congratulations on that accomplishment. All the recipes I’ve tried from here have been great so I’m sure I’ll be looking for it. Well done!
Wow! Two books! Where have I been? Well done again! LoL
Super delicious just the right heat! Loved it
YUMMMM!! Don’t walk-RUN on this recipe!!
I used shrimp instead of chicken and just added it at the end to not overcook.
I also added 2 whole serrano peppers-diced, and red pepper flakes.
As an added garnish I cut up fresh jalapenos (can you tell I love spicy).
This was so good and so easy to make. Adding it to my soup rotation!!
Delicious and easy to make. Im amazes by all the flavors that came together to create am amazing dish. Thank you soo much !!!!