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 soup!!! I can not even begin to describe how delicious it is. Comfort food and so amazing. I have made this soup twice now and will make it again and again! I am never hesitant to try any of your recipes because I know they will all be delicious. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
I just want to say… I have been making this recipe every week for at least a month now. It is my boyfriend and my FAVORITE meal now. Thank you for this recipe!!
I want to make this tonight for 4 people! I’m a little worried about getting the proportions right when modifying the recipe, but I’m so excited to try. I looked at cook time and it said it should be around 35 minutes, but when adding together everything in the actual recipe it only seemed to be about 24 minutes, is the rest of the time used for just cooking the soup all together? Just want to make sure I’m not missing anything.
Absolutely loved this recipe!! I also doubled the spices as well as the coconut milk and curry, came out perfect with so much flavor!! Topped off with a dash of hot chili oil for a kick * I used a rotisserie chicken instead of cooking raw chicken, taste before adding salt since the chicken is salty. Cut the cooking time in half
This ended up being really good! Also with lots of left overs for the next couple of days.
I did change some things after reading the comments though, I added a second can of coconut milk, and I’m really happy I did! I also added a little extra curry paste and ginger. Along with some minced garlic, and I cooked the noodles separately.
So easy and delicious! I added more curry paste than the recipe called for and it was amazing. My all time favorite red curry soup recipe.
Great taste and pretty easy to make. My husband thought it could have used more curry flavor but I thought it was enough.
Help! I just made a double batch of this and it’s SO BLAND! D-:
The only change I made was adding mushrooms and green beans.
Do I just need to keep pouring in salt? What do I do?
Anybody had this same outcome and successfully recover?
Everytime I make Thai food I double the seasonings. So yes add more of everything and it will be amazing
I added about 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil, 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce for a big flavor boost, and zest of 1 lime and squeezed it’s juices in there, too 🙂
Since I can’t seem to leave recipes alone, I also added sliced carrots and mushrooms.
I think this a good base recipe and you can add lot’s of different veggies depending on what you have…broccoli, snow peas, etc.
I followed the recipe exactly (except I accidentally used the whole 8 oz package of rice noodles). I used Mae Ploy Red Curry Paste and Red Boat Fish Sauce and this turned out FANTASTIC. I got rave reviews – someone said it was exactly what they would expect to be served in a restaurant and that it was the best soup that he had ever had. Thanks for making me look great!
Good base recipe, definitely needs more red curry paste and more seasoning
Made this for my family tonight. Super flavorful and amazing. My 7 & 9 year olds asked for seconds. Thank you!
Even the kids loved it!
This looks Amazing!! What size rice noodle are we supposed to get? There’s different noodle sizes like Pad Thai noodles, etc.
It’s completely up to personal preference. 🙂
This is absolutely delicious. I also added more coconut milk only because I used more chicken. I love the Damn Delicious recipes. I have never had anything turn out wrong. I really trust these recipes to always be good.
Followed the comments and added a second can of coconut milk. I also cooked the noodles separately. It is delicious! I’m not a big soup fan but this will definitely become a staple, so flavorful and tasty. Thank you!
I made this for our supper tonight. After reading the reviews, I cooked the noodles separately, I also used lo mein, only because we don’t like the taste or texture of rice noodles. Oh my word!!!!! So good!!! My 12 year old had two servings! Thank you for posting such good recipes! I’ve followed you for several years, and I’ve never been disappointed!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to cook this recipe. It looks really delicious. I want to use mushrooms instead of chicken so do I cook the mushrooms the same way as the chicken and than pour in all the rest of the ingredients? Will the fish still be required if there is no meat in this recipe?
So good! If you skip adding the noodles, it freezes well and defrosts easily in portions. Then you can just cook some rice noodles and add! Also very good with rice if you don’t want to switch it up a little. I did add the second cup of coconut milk and I’m glad I did!
Made this to recipe and found it bland
I often try random recipes with great reviews. I never leave reviews myself. I looked this one back up to write about how damn delicious it is!! I made it 2 days ago. I’ve been eating it everyday. It’s a fantastic, flavorful recipe that stores and reheats well. Thanks so much for the recipe!!
How are the noodles on the second day? Are they overcooked and/or gummy or are they still good?
Nice flavour, but thought it needed a fair bit of spicing up. Sorry!
This soup was delicious! I wanted to add veggies, but didn’t have time so we ate it just as it was 🙂 Me and my fiance loved it – definitely helped bring us back to Thailand. I let the soup reduce too much, that was my only regret. We also topped with sriracha and a tiny bit of hoisin