This Thai Green Curry Soup is creamy, a little spicy, full of flavor and just utterly SO slurp-worthy! We’ve got thin rice noodles swimming in a luxurious coconut milk veggie broth that’s amped up with ginger, turmeric, and Thai green curry paste (don’t forget the squeeze of lime at the end). It’s SO comforting and tasty.
This Thai green curry noodle soup is a flexible recipe that can be made as-is, or drop on some protein to add heft.
This comforting Thai green curry soup with coconut milk is seriously the BEST wintertime comfort food!
I first happened across the inspiration recipe about a week ago when I settled into the kitchen to make one of my favorite lentil soups. But then I stopped and thought, you know what actually sounds good? Something brothy. With noodles. And an Asian vibe.
So I found this amazing recipe from Once Upon a Chef, and, having very few of the ingredients on hand, attempted my own version with what I had in the pantry – completely different ingredients. My version … well, it tanked. We could barely choke it down, to be honest.
But I was determined to make this soup happen. So a couple days later, I bought the groceries that the recipe actually called for, with a few variations to make it a vegan version. And then I nabbed a rotisserie chicken for my guy’s situation. And made it.
WE LOVED IT. Capital-letter-worthy.
I can tell this Thai Green Curry Noodle soup will land on our instant-classics list – it hits all the marks for an easy weeknight dinner. 1) Delicious, 2) Fast, 3) Easy, 4) Flexible for our mixed-diet house, and 5) Delicious. (The delicious part is worth saying twice).
This Thai Green Curry Noodle Soup is made a bit differently. First, you whip up the broth. While that cooks, prep the toppings/stir-ins: Shredded rotisserie chicken or diced tofu if you like (but not required), sliced scallions, cilantro. Set those aside and prep the noodles. You make those separately too – most rice noodles simply need a quick soak to soften up to the right consistency.
Note I have tried to just throw the uncooked noodles in with the broth for efficiency. It works alright, but it’s hard to control how much they cook when you make them that way (they can overcook and get mushy pretty easily). You’re better off prepping the noodles separately, rinsing in cold water to stop any cooking, and then separating them between bowls before adding broth, cilantro, scallions, sriracha, and protein of choice.
In our house it’s tofu for me …
… and chicken for my guy.
This tasty, easy soup is enough to add sunshine to any day. Okay, okay … not really. But it does make a gray day better.