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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Very delicious ! My husband and I made it three or four times and we loved it ! First time, we tried it with tofu and shrimp and it was really great ! … but I think our favorite version is still with chicken : ) Thank you so much for the recipe and a special hello from Quebec city !
This soup was delicious and would be heavenly on a cold fall/winter’s night. Here in Toronto, it has been a rainy, cold Spring and I did not want to bbq tonight so this popped in mind and it was delicious. One of my sons, who does not really do soup, ate the whole bowl. I had three :)) My husband loved it too. I would more aptly do it in the winter months next time. So good. A departure from my regular chicken noodle. The fish sauce and lime a must, people! Next time I might boil the noodles separately and just add the exact quantity to each bowl as there were quite a bit of noodles.
Looks fantastic. I’ve tried to make ThaiCurry several times and I’m never able to get the flavor as robust and rich as it is in the restaurants. Can you recommend a good brand of curry paste. (Used Thai kitchen)
I love Thai Kitchen but if you can get to an Asian market, Mae Ploy is also really great.
Haven’t made it but looks good! 4 stars
This is so, so good. I’ve made it four times already!
This looks awesome. Could I make it with shrimp instead of chicken? Anyone made that sub?
Absolutely!
LOVE this recipe! I’ve made it 3 times in the last month, and about to make it for the 4th time tonight! Seriously amazing!!
We love it!
delicious !
Made this and it is ADDICTING!!! I ADORE it just as it is, but I thing I will give it a try with shrimp next time! Thank you SO MUCH for a keeper recipe that will be made at LEAST bi-monthly!!
So, So Good!!
I just made this and it was indeed damn delicious! Going to make it a staple.
My entire family loved this. They said I can make it again anytime.
So i will be making this tonight for dinner and was wondering if i should add an extra can of coconut milk? And i see it calls for only half of the 8oz bag of rice noodles….is that correct or use the whole 8oz? Can’t wait to try it,Thanks
Yes, the recipe is correct as written but you can add more rice noodles and/or coconut milk if you prefer.
Perfect!
Thank you, Sarah!
This soup was so incredibly delicious. All of the flavors between the curry, herbs, limes added so much depth. I think my curry paste was a little too spicy, so I cut it with sour cream. Will definitely be making again!
Thank You!!! We’ve made this 3 times now and even entered in a friendly soup competition and won! If I’m out of noodles, it works wonderfully with jasmine rice.
Wow! Congratulations!
This turned out great!!! Spinach, asparagus, mushrooms were all great additions too. My one year old couldn’t get enough!
Oh sorry to hear that. If you reserve one (tea)cup of this recipe then your child would have enough. But probably should hold the pepper, onion, curry paste, cilantro, garlic, ginger, basil, coconut milk, and fish sauce for the little one.
Love it! I like a little more spice and zing so I doubled the fresh ginger and added a little chili paste, also lots of lime, yum! I also added carrots and will add some mushrooms next time I think they’d be great in this soup. This recipe is a keeper, prepping the ingredients chopping and zesting takes the most time but I sure do love a cutting board full of beautiful fresh herbs and veggies, so it’s worth it!
Thank you so much for sharing!
What can I substitute for fish sauce?
Elizabeth, you can substitute soy sauce or omit.
Easy and amazingly delicious! My husband is a pescetarian so
We substituted to vegetable broth and shrimps/squid instead.
Will make it a million more times .. Awesome❤️
Oh I’m sure that was just as tasty!
Made this today. Yum! I added a whole package of noodles which absorbed most of the liquid, so I added more chicken broth and red curry paste. Left over the flavor is on point. So good. Even two of my little boys liked it. Don’t skip the basil and cilantro at the end. It really adds to the flavor. Will be keeping this recipe and making again. Thank you for sharing and including the nutrition info!
Thank you Michelle!