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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This was a very good flavorful soup! Next time I will add some more veggies like mushrooms or sprouts.
Delicious! Comes together quickly for a fast dinner. Since I don’t eat chicken, I left it out and added some sliced shiitake mushrooms and diced carrots. This is a soup that you can really customize to your liking. Definitely will make again, maybe with tofu next time.
Can the soup itself be frozen? Without the noodles obviously
It actually freezes super well! I was shocked when I heated it back up, I kept the rice noodles in it and the noodles did not get mushy or fall apart at all. I make this all the time and always freeze the left overs with no problems!
Same question as above… has anyone tried freezing this soup?
Delicious! Made this tonight and it did not disappoint!
I loved this! Making it for the first time was interesting lol but it came out so delicious. I didn’t add cilantro because I’m not a fan and I didn’t have fish sauce (only oyster) but it still was a hit! I also added bok choy.
I also used plant based cellophane noodles.
This was delicious. I added mushrooms and bean sprouts. Next time will add thin slices of jalapeno
Awesome recipe, top restaurant quality prepared exactly as presented in recipe. Full of favor and easy to make. Be sure to use Thai sweet Basil for authentic Thai favor. And only 1/2 of the 8oz package of noodles. Thanks!
This was so easy and so so so yummy. In fact, it was *damn delicous*!!
I make this soup all the time. I absolutely love it! I even make it without the red curry paste when I run out (just add thinly sliced jalapeño for added spice). I also like it extra tart so in addition to extra line juice, I also use lime zest.
To.Die.For!
Absolutely perfect recipe. Added some peanuts to make it more khou-suey like. Too too good.
Excellent
Delish! Thank you!
So easy and yummy! (:
Thank you, this is super simple and delicious.
I’ve made this 10 times already and LOVE it. Over time, I’ve made some changes to experiment – always add mushrooms now; sometimes use shrimp rather than chicken and trying tofu tonight. Such an incredible soup as-is with room to be creative too. And, it’s so easy! Couldn’t recommend more!
Very good. I misunderstood the 1/2 (8oz) package of noodles and put 8oz of noodles in. Still good, made it more of a noodle bowl rather than a soup.
The whole family liked it and I will make it again. Properly next time. Lol
Thank you
Lol, I did the same exact thing- had to eat it with a fork, but still delicious!
I am still baffled.. my pack of noodles is 16oz.. so are we only using 4oz???
I made the red curry soup last night. It was the tastiest soup I have ever made. It smelled heavenly, looked absolutely beautiful and delicious as well! I am going to make it tonight as well because it is addictive and it’s raining in Southern California anyway.
I’ve never wrote a review for a recipe before but I was so amazed that I could make such a delicious soup that I decided to write about it.
Delicious! Made a few changes. I used shrimp instead of chicken, brown rice and millet ramen noodles and yellow curry paste instead of red curry paste since I can’t eat spicy food. Everyone loved it. I’ll definitely be making this on a regular basis.
Absolutely wonderful!
Perfectto amazing
I have always been afraid to attempt Thai food but wow! This was all easy and delicious!