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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Really excellent. Consider adding more water just before serving to make it soupier. Thanks!
Perfect flavors! The only minor tweak I made was to cook the chicken breasts whole and shred them after cooking.
My husband thinks he doesn’t like Thai food, despite never trying it. So I made this soup last night, covered it in cilantro and jalapenos, and told him it was “Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup”. He scarfed the bowl down and asked if there was enough for him to have seconds and thirds! Needless to say, he does indeed like Thai food :0)
This recipe was delicious!! The only thing I did different was add shrimp!!
This was so easy and the most AMAZING taste of any recipe I’ve tried online! Wow!
I’m so pleased with this recipe, because I am often disappointed with Asian-inspired recipes. This one turned out really tasty and flavourful! I did not adjust the recipe at all, but next time I may add more red curry paste and fewer rice noodles. The noodles seemed to soak up all the wonderful broth and it almost looked like ramen but still was scrumptious!
I wanted to add that the next time I made it, I added the noodles before reducing, then added a bit extra water plus chicken broth afterward. It solved the problem of too much broth getting soaked up!
This soup was ahhhhhmazing! I’m feeling confident knowing I can follow the easy to read directions that help me duplicate incredible meals. Thanks for the recipes and keep them coming!
Awesome recipe. Delicious the best red curry dish I’ve had. Better than the Thai restaurants I eat at.
It came out so well . The flavors are awesome . Thank you for sharing . Will definitely be a recipe I’ll be repeating often .
I have done this recipe several times! It is my favorite ❤️. At this point I almost memorized it.
Incredible! It was a family favorite! Ty!
Made this twice, make sure you use rice sticks instead of rice noodles because the second time i made it the starch from the rice noodles thickened and it was no longer a soup. 🙂
Thanks for tip.I loved the soup but the leftovers not so much. I thought I would cook noodles separate next time but maybe I’ll look for rice sticks instead.
My husband and I made this soup last week and it was delish!! Thank you for sharing such a great and simple recipe!! I will be checking out the rest of your recipies!
Fantastic recipie. The flavors are amazing. I added diced mushrooms and cooked them with the onion and pepper, and I used the entire jar of thai red curry paste. I didn’t have any chicken so I used firm tofu in its place. Thanks for posting this recipe!
I made the soup just as directed. It was sooooooo good! On a scale from 1-10, it was 100! I’m proud of myself! Husband had seconds! Then I put it away and out of his reach! Loved this recipe!
This is a keeper! I added shitaki muchrooms and fresh spinach to this, instead of chicken. Added the veg when the broth was simmering. This is beyond yummy. I did brown rice ramen noodles seperate. and put them in the bowl with the soup, let sit a couple minutes, added the cilantro, thai basil and lime….heaven! thank you for posting!
I love all your recipes tips and suggestions. Good work, Looking forward to see more from you!!
I love this recipe so much but I always have a hard time with rice noodles. What am I doing wrong? I serve this over rice and I’m sure it’s just as good! Good work, as always!
I don’t know if she answered but usually you have to cook them for a minute in boiling water, then drain set aside then add them to our soup
Good to know.. Im making this tmrw.. Totally outta my comfort zone soup.. Don’t have a pepper, thought I did, gonna add mushrooms.. Do I add oil an salt to noodles while boiling?
Normally if you weren’t making a soup, you would need to boil or soak the rice noodles to soften them, but adding them as the recipe instructs is fine in this case. The soup will soften the noodles and allow the flavour to soak in nicely, so no other steps necessary.
I have been so bored with food during this endless pandemic (Oct. 20, 2020 already – have been at this in the U.S. since March!). Didn’t want to order in, didn’t want to cook, didn’t want to eat what I cooked…. and then I read this recipe today. I happened to have all the ingredients on hand, was so excited while putting this together and… It did not disappoint. Absolutely delicious, and just what my poor, bored brain and body craved. I ate three bowls right off the bat, and can’t wait to have it left over. And then I’m going to make it again. And again. And maybe again! Thank you for sharing this perfection.
Absolutely perfect. Added some hot peppers from the freezer for an added kick. Recipe is very balanced and flavorful. Thank you for sharing.