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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Solid base recipe for curry. I added a couple thai chilies, kefir lime leaves, and lemongrass paste, and it really added a ton of flavor dimension. Next time, I think I’ll add some bok choy or sugar snap peas. I didn’t have a pan big enough for the amount of liquid, so I only used 4 cups of broth instead of 6, but I like my curries on the thicker side anyway. If I used the full amount of liquid, I don’t think the amount of paste would have been enough, but I guess that depends on your brand of curry paste. Bf said it was my best curry yet!
I made this last night and it was super tasty, lots of flavor. Also really easy to put together on a week night, which is key for this house. Very excited for my leftovers today!
This was a GREAT recipe and easy to prepare! I’m making it again – 2nd batch in 2 weeks… I will be using more ginger and garlic (I love those flavors) Definitely use Thai Basil. Double the recipe because you will probably regret it if you don’t. That good!!!!
I am so excited to make this soup! Question for you, can you tell me where the bulk of the sodium comes from? I’d love to modify it for my dad so he can have some as well
This was so good except I must have gotten a crazy spicy brand of curry paste because it was wayyyy too spicy and I can usually handle a good amount of spice. I’m definitely going to try it again though!
This is one of my favorite soups of ALL TIME! It’s absolutely delicious. I’ve made it three times, so far, and every time, I feel like I could eat the entire pot. Thank you!
I rarely leave reviews on anything, but I have come back to this recipe so many times that I know it by heart now, and I wanted everyone to know it really is so damn delicious! I had never made a curry before, but my husband loves it and we wanted to stop eating out. Now, my pantry is overflowing with curry paste because we make this and other curries so often. We’re considered regulars at our local Asian market now, lol.
This recipe is perfect as is, but I started marinating my chicken in a little bit of soy sauce (just enough to coat) before cooking and holy cow, it is even more tender and flavorful, if that is even possible.
Thank you for sharing this recipe! You’ve added so much flavor to our homecooked dinners.
The whole family loved it! It’s so flavorful and has such a unique flavor.
I’ve been a long time fan of this food blog. So many recipes here are now staples in my household.
THIS DISH IS AMAZING. I threw this together for lunch today and my husband and I both must have said ‘man that was good!’ 20 times after we were done slurping up everything in our bowls. I omitted the chicken and instead topped our bowl with some broiled salmon covered in chili garlic paste. I’m sure this would be delightful any day but this really warms the soul on a cold rainy day.
Excellent dish. I am vegetarian so I made this with vegetable broth, no chicken, and added bok choy and tofu. Everything turned out well- the broth is very balanced! I will be making this one again!
I LOVE this soup! I made it exactly as written, although I rarely measure the ingredients, and it was so delicious I’m making it again for the second week in a row. It’s so tasty and comforting, and reheats well. So happy to have found this gem.
Love this recipe!! I have used shrimp and bay scallops instead of chicken and it’s fabulous. I also measure some ingredients with my heart but never the fish sauce!
So easy, so delicious! This recipe was adored by the whole family I didn’t have rice noodles so I just used ramen, and they worked perfectly!
I eye balled the fish sauce lol, but still turned out good!
This soup is spectacular and surprisingly easy to make. The flavor is is perfect! My only change was adding more garlic because I’m a garlic addict. No need to do this if you’re not. I’ll make this over and over again!!!
I made this last night and it was so so good! It’s going into my recipe bible for sure and will be on my regular rotation. I subbed a sliced jalapeno for the bell pepper, added 8oz thinly sliced mushrooms at the end, and cooked the noodles separately. I needed more heat but my guess is that my curry paste is a mild one so I’ll be searching for a different one for my next batch. Definitely try this recipe- you won’t be disappointed!
Passed the mr picky pants test! 10 yo loves it. I made 2 pots…one regular noodles the other i used shiritake pasta. Really good!!!
Love this soup, but I like to cook the rice noodles separately, so they do not absorb all the liquid when I have left over soup. Very easy and good recipe.
This has become a favorite in our house, and I’m so glad soup season is back. It’s so delicious!
Definitely delicious
new favorite. tweaked a bit.. added red pepper from jar,ginger from jar and left out parsley and added kale
This was a 10/10. My husband and I are foodies and are very critical of all food. This was phenomenal. Literally, you must try it!!!! Sooooooo good.