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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Amazing recipe! can’t wait to make this again. It was a crowd favorite by far. I was wondering if it was possible to cook this in a slow cooker? And if it is, how would you recommend going about cooking it?
I absolutely love this recipe and am craving it. Unfortunately I can’t seem to find any Thai basil at the moment. Is there anything that I can substitute for this??
Super late to respond, but my area is also pretty lacking with any exotic foods. BUT I actually found my local grocery store has Thai Basil chicken bone broth! Going to test in this recipe today. Maybe look for subs like that in your area?
This soup was delicious!! I followed each step of the recipe, but I cooked the noodles separately and added them to each individual plate. Thank you so much, I will defiantly be making it again!
I made this soup so good. I omitted the fish sauce and coconut milk. I used fresh Thai chilli peppers instead of the paste. Rice instead of the noodles. Adjusted the seasonings. Because I just wanted to use what I had on hand.
We’ve made this twice and it’s never a soup, rather a pasta with sauce. We can’t seem to figure out what’s happening. Any ideas?
These noodles absorb a lot of liquid. I recommend making the noodles separately then adding them in.
This soup was so easy to make and super delicious!!
I always seem to screw curries up, but not this one! Turned out delicious!
Have made it about 5 times family loves it. I like it with coconut cream but tonight I’m using regular coconut milk and adding bamboo shoots
so good. The flavor was awesome!.Never tried Thai curry before. Wasnt sure about all the odd flavor combinations but it really worked. My family loved it. i did a few things different … i used sweet red peppers in a jar and coconut cream instead of coconut milk ( because that is what i had in the pantry) also left out parsley because i do not care for parsley and used chicken thighs because they do not dry out easily.
I am in the final stage of this and your review scared me, mentioning parsley.. I looked at recipe again and there is no parsley.. you must have meant cilantro?
Happy Fall and here’s to your delicious recipe. My husband and I love it! I will be sharing this recipe to anyone who loves soup. Thank you!
Delicious! Easy to follow recipe and a big punch of flavor. I didn’t change a thing.
Guess what’s going on repeat? This was sooooo good. Tasty, rich, comforting. I will absolutely make again!
Tried this for dinner, wow it was so good! The flavors, herbs, spices go together nicely. We have an abundance of colored peppers in our garden so it was fun to go pick one and use it in this soup. I added some sliced mushrooms and instead of rice noodles which are high in carbs, I used “Better than Noodles” (lower in carbs, calories and gluten free) and it worked great! We will make this again for certain!
what can I substitute for fish sauce in all these Thai Recipes? I love Thai food, but can’t deal with fish sauce. thanks!
Damn Delicious recipe!!! Thank you.
My review should have been 4 stars not 3!!
Amazing recipe thank you! I couldn’t find red curry paste at Kroger or Trader Joe’s so I mixed red curry sauce and a Harissa hot chili paste. This was dinner as soon as I received the email notification. Great for the first day of fall too.
OH Boy! I am obsessed with this dish! I made it last week, polished it off, and am craving it again! It is very easy to make. Full of the flavours that I love. Great recipe!
Hi, i planning to make this. The basil leaves, is that normal basil or should I get thai basil?
Thai basil has purple stems, and it’s spicy. Sometimes it’s hard to find in normal grocery stores though, so you can sub with regular basil. Flavor profile and spicyness will definitely be different though.
I’ve made this recipe several times! It’s “Damn Delicious “
It’s hearty and comforting without being heavy! I don’t care for bell peppers, so omit them but it doesn’t taste like it’s missing anything.
So delicious! And so authentic! We will be having it regularly.Thank you!
Made this tonight and it was amazing! I left out the chicken and added mushrooms. I’ll definitely be making it a ton more! Thank you for the awesome recipe.