Coconut Curry Noodle Soup
This Coconut Curry Noodle Soup is so delicious with flavours of coconut, green curry, ginger, and lemongrass. Simple to make and ready in under 1 hour!
Hello friends! How are things in your corner of the world? Things here are finally getting back to normal since I contracted a man cold. You know the kind. It was awful and is taking forever to go away. But I’m feeling almost normal again so back to business it is. Just in time for frigid temperatures. I couldn’t have a cold when it’s like the arctic outside, noooooo I had to have a cold when we had a freak streak of summer temperatures here. Summer in January? What is going on? Anyway, I’m back at it, and back in the kitchen. I missed feeling normal!
I thought this Coconut Curry Noodle soup recipe would be a perfect recipe to share with you right now. This soup has all the flavours of Thai food…coconut, green curry, ginger, lemongrass…oh my. I could eat it for days.
A Family Favourite.
I have been wanting to share this soup recipe with you for ages now, but I had to make sure it was just perfect before I posted it. So after numerous delicious attempts (tough job but someone has to do it), I think this is it. Coconut Curry Noodle Soup perfection. I think the addition of the lemongrass is what makes this soup…oh and the 2 cans of coconut milk. Are you craving it yet? A creamy, spicy, slurpy, delicious noodle soup…mmmmmm
Simple and Delicious.
Don’t be intimidated by the list of ingredients, because this soup is very easy to make. All it takes is a little prep beforehand, then putting it all together is a cinch. It’s simple enough to make that you can have it ready in 1 hour. Or if you really want to be prepared, you can prep all the veggies in the morning, buy a roasted chicken from the grocery store and throw it all together at dinner time. Your family will thank you!
Recipe Tips:
- Chicken: this recipe calls for 2 cups of cooked shredded chicken. I often use store-bought rotisserie chicken…it’s so flavourful, quick and easy. But if I have chicken at home that I want to use instead, I will bake 2 chicken breasts in a tin foil package at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- Coconut Milk: Use full fat coconut milk for this soup. It is creamy, delicious and full of flavour.
- Lemongrass: Make sure to take the lemongrass chunks out before you serve the soup. If you love the flavour of lemongrass, feel free to add 2 stalks, chopped.
- Curry Paste: We like green curry paste the most for this soup. But I have also made it several times with red curry paste, and it’s delicious too!
- Broth: I usually use chicken broth for this soup, but you can substitute it with 4 cups vegetable broth.
- No Salt? That’s right. I don’t add extra salt to this soup because it’s plenty salty enough from the fish sauce and broth. But if you want to add extra salt, feel free!
- Make Ahead Option: If you want to make this soup ahead of time, just make sure to cook and add the noodles right before you serve it. If you add the noodles too soon they will become too soft.
- Quick Tip: If you really want to be prepared, you can prep all the veggies in the morning, buy a roasted chicken from the grocery store and throw it all together at dinner time.
- Garnish: Serve with sliced green onions, chopped fresh cilantro and fresh lime wedges (fresh lime juice squeezed into the soup is delicious!).
Coconut Curry Noodle Soup
This Coconut Curry Noodle Soup is so delicious with flavours of coconut, green curry, ginger, and lemongrass. Simple to make and ready in under 1 hour!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Soup
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup green curry paste
- 2 tsp vegetable oil (can use coconut oil)
- 1 L chicken broth
- 2 tbsp minced ginger (3 if you like it spicy)
- 1 lemongrass stalk, cut into 3 chunks
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 (14 ounce) cans of coconut milk
- 2 carrots sliced thinly
- 1 onion sliced thinly (shallots are nice too)
- 1/2 red bell pepper sliced thinly
- 1 cup snap peas
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast (I buy rotisserie chicken from the grocery store) See notes above.
- 3 green onions sliced
- slices fresh cilantro and of lime wedges for garnish
- package of rice noodles
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, heat up the vegetable oil over medium heat, then stir in the green curry paste. Stir the curry paste for about 2 minutes, until it is fragrant and lightly sizzling.
- Whisk in the chicken stock, fish sauce and brown sugar.
- Add the minced ginger and chopped lemongrass and bring the broth to a light boil.
- Whisk in the coconut milk and simmer for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, boil the rice noodles according to package directions. When they are cooked, drain, and rinse under cold water. Set aside.
- While the noodles are cooking, add the chicken, sliced carrots, onions and red peppers to the broth. Simmer for 2 – 3 minutes or until the vegetables are lightly cooked.
- Add the snap peas.
- Divide the noodles between serving bowls, spoon the soup over the noodles.
- Serve with a garnish of green onions and cilantro and slices of limes.
- Enjoy!
Notes
** Take out the lemongrass before serving.
Keywords: coconut curry soup
Adapted from Taste at Home
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Have a delicious day!
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Hi Stacey! Our home builder made the fireplace (we’re actually the second set of home owners so I don’t know much about it). I’m not 100% sure what the stone is, but it appears to be a man-made moulded limestone of some sort. It’s not real stone, but it sure looks like it! I’m sure if you mentioned that to a builder/fireplace expert they would know exactly what direction to point you.
Sorry I couldn’t be much more of a help! Good luck!
I can imagine that this coconut curry noodle soup is just as fragrant, aromatic & delicious as it’s appearance – you definitely have got me craving for a bowl!
Oh it really is! I’m craving a bowl now too! 🙂
Just made this soup for the first time, it was DELICIOUS! I used red curry paste instead of green because that’s what I had and cooked the gluten-free Ramen noodles from Costco right in the pot. SO YUMMY, thanks Jo-Anna!
I’m so happy you like it! It’s my absolute favourite soup…SO good!