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 is a wonderful recipe!!!
I added a few wild caught raw shrimp the last 10 minutes.
Super easy to make and delicious. Can’t wait to make it again
Recipe is soooooo good. Feels like we’re eating out in a Thai restaurant.
This recipe is fantastic! This is my second time making it and it does not disappoint. Definitely recommend this to anyone. There may be a fair number of ingredients, but is very easy to make.
Made this recipe and it was so very good. I infused the chicken stock ahead of time with lemon grass, galangal and a few dried chili peppers . Also bought a few trumpet mushrooms, fried them separately and put on top.
amazing!! Even better after I let it sit for 15 minutes to thicken up.
I made this for dinner. Delicious. Just what I was hoping for. Thank you. Tomorrow will be spicy noodles as they seemed to absorb most of the liquid. Next time less noodles.
Delicious!!! And easy to make!!
My husband and I really enjoyed this recipe. I made it primarily for the spice factor for myself, as I recently had COVID and can only taste really strong things. I used A Taste of Thai red curry paste, which is pretty mild. I probably ended up adding 4-5 Tbs of the curry, and while there was a nice amount of spice (not super spicy by any means though), my husband said that the curry taste was not very strong at all (and while I can currently taste some strong curry flavors, I did not taste any curry at all). I’ll definitely make it again, but I’m going to order some Mae Ploy curries online (my small town has basically no international options, sadly), which I’ve heard are stronger and more authentic.
My other substitutions included ground ginger, since I didn’t have any fresh on hand, bottled lime juice, and basil paste instead of fresh. I was also worried about the noodles becoming soggy for leftovers, so I only added enough for a couple servings, and then strategically fished them out of the broth for serving for dinner. For leftovers, I just break some uncooked rice noodles into the soup and microwave it for several minutes, and it works great.
I have all the ingredients on hand except for the red curry paste, I have green instead! Do you think I can do a straight substitution or do the different colored curries call for different flavor combos?
Excellent soup base! I have gotten into the habit of freezing the core of a pineapple, instead of throwing it out. Then the next time I make Thai curry, I take the frozen pineapple core out and put it into the soup as it cooks. This gives it subtle sweetness and tang without messying up the broth.
Delicious! Added some hot dried chili peppers with my serving and that took it to whole another level. Thank you!!
I used tofu instead of chicken, and vegetable broth – delicious dish! Thank you for sharing!
Did you simmer the tofu ? Kinda new with it and not sure if you also fry it first! Thank you 🙂
This is one of the best recipes I’ve found! We made it twice in 3 weeks and absolutely love it! It’s perfect. I don’t think we changed anything! Definitely going into our rotation!
I made this the other night for my girlfriends. It was absolutely wonderful. The only thing I did differently was I cooked the noodles separately. I did not over cook them because they tend to be soggy. Then I rinse them in Coldwater. And I serve them in the hot soup when it was time to serve the soup
I make this recipe regularly with shrimp instead of chicken. It is one of my top 5 favorites recipes/dinners to make and is a family favorite. So happy to have found this.
A to go toin our house with different proteins used. Also use Hokan curly noodles as they are just easier to manage, added mushrooms and spinach as I don’t want to change it too much as I leave the recipe as is, prefect amount of spice for this noodle bowl!
This is the best base recipe I’ve made! I swapped lemongrass for the cilantro and used a ton of veggies instead of chicken. Amazing!
I make this delicious soup at least once per month. It’s just as good as the takeout soup we used to enjoy downtown.
So yummy and I made it with extra veggies and no chicken.
Amazing! Will be making this again and again!
I love this recipe! I’m about to make it my third time.
Yes! It’s pretty tasty! I am making it right now for the second time this month..