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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Can the noodles sit in the soup mixture on a low setting to keep warm for a couple of hours?
Do I buy canned coconut milk sweetened or unsweetened for this recipe? Thanks!
Delicious!!! I have made it with Evaporated Milk Coconut flavoured as well and it’s lovely. I make bulk and freeze for work lunches.
This was AMAZING! Thank you 🙂
Have you tried making this with shredded chicken? I prefer my chicken shredded to cubes, and was curious if it would work. Thank you! Excited to try this tonight!
I see it says serve immediately. Does it not reheat well? How is it the next day?
Sure does! It’s a little thicker due to the noodles, but the taste is still wonderful
This was so good!! I was worried about it being bland because of some comments but we did not find it so. I will be making this again and again.
I made this and it is delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe was fabulous! I made it for my family and they all loved it. It has perfectly balanced flavors and is delicious. I followed the recipe perfectly except I doubled the noodles and it turned out great! Thank you for the great recipe
Awesome! I doubled the coconut milk, curry, and spices. I didn’t want chicken so I added a pound of mushrooms instead. The only thing I would add next time is a jalapeno. I bought some and forgot to add it. I think I would like the extra spice it would add.
Made this for my dad’s birthday and we both love!!
Fabulous! I added shredded carrot, extra coconut milk, and a little chili oil for some heat. I made the noodles separately so I could keep the leftovers as well. I’ll definitely make this again!
Tastes great,
easy to make,
easy to acquire ingredients,
terrific recipe
I’m always a fan of Damn Delicious soup recipes and this one did not disappoint! I added some thinly sliced carrots along with the onion, pepper and garlic, as well as some turmeric and curry powder with the spices. So good!
Which brand of curry paste do you recommend? I love your recipes so much so that I trust your opinion on brand!
I love Thai Kitchen but if you can get to an Asian market, Mae Ploy is also really great.
Can we say it’s 10 star!?! This is the best homemade anything I have ever made! Everyone wants the recipe. I also doubled the coconut milk and all the spices. I even doubled the chicken – not the broth though. I admit I also overdid the package of noodles, even for a big pot half the package was plenty. MAKE THIS SOUP ALREADY! It’s amazing!
Wow! I honestly didn’t even know I could make something that tastes this good… I feel like a real chef!
What a lovey soup!! I saw the pin on Pinterest and my mouth was watering. I had to improvise using the ingredients on hand, namely the veggies. I also have an alium allergy: so no onions or garlic for me :(. Thankfully all of the other flavors more than make up for the loss of garlic and onions. Anyway, my little kids (ages 4 and 2) loved this soup. They were literally drinking from the bowl. I will definitely make this for my fam again.
That’s wonderful! Glad this worked out for you with the changes you made, Katie.
Just made this for #soupsunday. Big fan! Can’t wait to check out some other recipes 🙂 thanks!
Really good and fresh tasting soup. Question: 1/2 of 80z package or 8oz 1/2 of a full package of noodles..I used 8oz and it seems like noodle overkill.
1/2 (8-ounce) package rice noodles = 4 ounces. 🙂
thanks!
I forgot to spell-check and threw down a couple words in my review. Oops. : (
We embarked on a plant-based diet recently so I modified this by using vegetable stock and shitake mushrooms instead of chicken. I also used fresh fettuchinie width noodles from our Chinese market. This is possible the best soup I have ever made. It was pretty spicy, if I make it for other people I might tone it down a little but for me it was perfect. Thank you so much! I”ll make this soup for many year to come.