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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Excellent!
Amazing!
Very good! I added shiitake mushrooms, threw in a few shelled shrimp, and some hardboiled quail eggs for some extra umami flavor.
This recipe is awesome. I have made it many times but this time I added mushrooms and zucchini and it is delicious.
I was nervous about making this because of the comment that said it didn’t have a lot of flavor. This soup has tons of flavor!! Absolutely amazing my picky 8 year old loved it also!!
Thank you for this recipe! I’ve made it twice in the last two weeks! The flavors mellow a bit if you have any left for the next day.
I made this using leftover cooked Thanksgiving turkey. It turned out delicious, I will make it again. So many of my favorite flavors are in this soup!
Made this for my wife and me. Absolutely loved it. Her first comment was “This is as good if not better than buying it at a restaurant.” It’s a “keeper”
I have made this about 5 times in the past two months!
It is absolutely DELICIOUS!
I switch out my vegetables but favor, asparagus, snow peas, yellow squash, mushrooms, bean sprouts, green beans, red, green or yellow pepper, scallions & peas! So far, only roasted chicken from the Market, SO much easier, along w doubling the chicken broth!
Sometimes I make it as a soup with the vermicelli noodles & other times with Jasmine or Basmati Rice!
I LOVE spicy hot so add 1 jalapeño (good size) & red pepper flakes!
It is great to freeze but often, I eat this large fabulous meal, myself, over the course of a few days!
Easy five stars!
Thank you damndelicious.net! One of my favorites!
I LOVE this recipe! However, I am sad it isn’t good doubled. The broth is too watery.
Delish!!!!!!!!
This recipe is amazing! Followed it spot on and the flavor is sooo good! If you like more spice just add a bit more of the red curry paste but the recipe as is is perfect! New favorite in our house!
Simply AMAZING!!!!
I love Thai food, so clean tasting. Thank you so much for this recipe! It was absolutely delicious!!! I wouldn’t change a thing about it.
Delicious
Left the brown sugar out
And still delicious
This was FANTASTIC. Definitely going in the soup rotation. I didn’t change a thing (rare for me) and it had the perfect spice and lots of great flavor layers. You are a gem!
I have to admit, I am not blown away by this recipe’s taste. It is very easy to make though! I love knowing what is going into my dishes as opposed to take out. I wonder if this will get better as leftovers when the flavors have time to sit more. That would change my vote!
Could this be made using an Instapot? Sounds yummy, was thinking for a work potluck….
Delish
Does the type of red curry paste matter?
YES! Absolutely. It makes the whole dish. It’s in the title.
OMG, I misread your post. I am so sorry!
I wouldn’t use a dried red curry spice. The paste is needed. The brand doesn’t matter. Just be sure it’s red curry paste. It is delicious!
Great soup! Have made as is, and other times added diced acorn or butternut squash, thick sliced mushroom, baby bok choy, etc. have used full fat and light coconut milk, have added extra curry paste, but its the tart lime that makes this a standout recipe. So comforting!