Super Quick Coconut Red Curry Soup {paleo, keto, Whole30 Veg Options}
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This Super Quick Coconut Red Curry Soup is ready in just about 15 minutes and it’s highly adaptable. Add chicken or shrimp, drop in whatever veggies are in season and you have on hand, add noodles, or don’t. It’s creamy, rich and a breeze to make.
In continuing with the simple weeknight meal ideas, I bring you one of my go-to, super quick meals. I make and share this often on my Instagram stories and I am constantly receiving messages for the recipe. It hardly seems like a recipe to me, given what a breeze it is and how I rarely even measure, but here we go.
I often throw this soup together when I have nothing planned and I’m craving, comforting yet quick. For my house these are ingredients I always have in stock. We always have cooked chicken on hand, rotisserie or leftover shredded chicken thighs, that I batch cook at the start of the week. You can also add shrimp, as they cook up in the hot broth within just a minute or two. If you’re addinguncooked chicken, just cut it into small pieces and give your soup another few minutes.
Since I’ve been eating low carb, I generally prefer to add kelp noodles to my red curry soup, but zucchini noodles are also a great option. Thing rice noodles or bean threads are also wonderful options, if you can tolerate them. Veggies are a must in this soup. I prefer baby spinach, but kale, chard or other greens would work. I really love adding peas and/or green beans, too. Cut up zucchini would be also nice. Cauliflower and broccoli are more hearty, but make a wonderful addition. If you have them around, red, orange or yellow bell peppers are anice add-on in color, flavor and crunch, add those at the beginning, with the onion. Try adding chopped or diced tomatoes at the end, too.
What’s most wonderful about this soup is the multi-layered complexity of flavors, given how little work is required. There is the creamy, rich coconut milk, the slight heat from the curry paste, the lime juice brings a fresh, bright tanginess and for those that add the fish sauce, you get a beautiful, savory, umami funk (funk in the best way possible, obviously).
Super Quick Coconut Red Curry Soup
gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo, primal, keto, Whole30, egg-free, vegetarian + vegan options
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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 -4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, or ghee
- 1 small white or yellow onion, diced
- 2 large cloves garlic, minced (or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated (or 1/4 teaspoon dried ginger)
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- pinch red pepper flakes, optional for a little more spice
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth, low sodium
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce, optional
- 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded*
- 1 ½ cups full fat canned organic coconut milk
- 4 cups baby spinach, or other greens (kale, chard, etc)
- 1 lime, juiced
Optional For Serving:
- kelp noodles, cooked thin rice noodles, zucchini noodles, etc
- fresh limes
- fresh cilantro, mint and/or Thai basil
- scallions
- unsweetened coconut flakes
Instructions
In a medium to large pot over medium heat, add the coconut oil. Add the onion and saute for 3-5 minutes until translucent and tender. Add the garlic, ginger and red curry paste. Cook an additional 3-5 minutes, until fragrant, Stirring very often.
Add the broth and fish sauce, if using, whisk well to combine. Bring to a gentle simmer and add the cooked chicken and coconut milk.
Simmer until the chicken is heated through. Add the baby spinach and stir to combine and wilt.
Finish with the fresh lime juice, and include some lime zest, if you prefer.
Serve immediately over kelp, rice or zucchini noodles.
Notes
if using uncooked chicken, simmer the soup for longer, until it is opaque and cooked through.
you can also use shrimp or other shellfish, again adjust cooking time, as needed
Veggies: I prefer baby spinach, but kale, Swiss chard or other greens would work. Other options, peas, green beans, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, bok choy or Brussels, red, orange or yellow bell peppers, chopped tomatoes, etc
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8 Responses
Sarahsays:January 11, 2018 at 1:06 pm
This was my first attempted recipe from tasty-yummies and it BLEW MY MIND…. so easy, so quick, and so delicious. I added beet zoodles to the actual soup because I was too lazy to cook them separately. It turned the soup a beautiful red/orange color and added a little earthiness to the flavor. The amount of curry was perfect, just the right amount of spice. I also added sweet potatoes, garbanzo beans instead of chicken, and some asparagus. You could literally add anything to this and it’s amazing. Keeping this is a go-to for sure! Thank you!
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- Robin Gustisays:
March 12, 2018 at 12:28 pm
This might be the ultimate post for me! Today, a snowy day in VA and I have prepared this soup for dinner. Keeping-in-line with your writing, I have transformed this soup, to a spectacular – dazzling arrangement of dandelions and freshly spiralized root veggies! You, are my hero, day-in-and-day out. ~ Feeling loved by your generosity!….
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- Katiesays:
June 1, 2018 at 10:30 am
Made this last night and the whole family LOVED it!! I used miracle noodles and kale, since I didn’t have any spinach. SO good. My 4 and 6 year olds slurped it right up! <3
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- Beth @ Tasty Yummiessays:
June 4, 2018 at 1:45 pm
YAYYY this makes me so so happy. Thanks Katie.
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- Laurensays:
February 3, 2019 at 3:20 pm
This made the meal prep roundup this week and it is BOMB. I love that it is a large enough recipe to leave half in the fridge to last a few lunches and throw the rest in the freezer for when I’m in a pinch and don’t want to cook. Keep the Thai-inspired recipes coming!
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- Beth @ Tasty Yummiessays:
February 5, 2019 at 8:00 pm
YAY!! SO glad you liked it and that you made a few meals out of it. Thanks for the comment.
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- Bethany Stewartsays:
February 12, 2019 at 2:55 am
I love Thai food and this did not disappoint! I made it with cauliflower, spinach, and shrimp—so good!
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- Marsays:
April 23, 2019 at 9:47 pm
This was a discovery! The only question is that I cool for the following day too and thr next day the soup was green and the spinach dark. Please advise if it is ok to eat it also the following day. Thanks
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