Spiced coconut chicken soup

Spiced coconut chicken soup

This comforting classic with a warming Asian twist will be on the table in just half an hour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Method

  1. Make the curry paste first. Put all of the ingredients into the bowl of a food processor or blender. Add 2 tbsp coconut milk and whizz to a paste, scraping the sides down with a spatula to make sure it is evenly chopped.
  2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large pan, add the curry paste and cook for 2 minutes until aromatic, but not coloured. Add the remaining coconut milk, stock, fish sauce and sugar. Bring to the boil then gently simmer for 7-10 minutes.
  3. Cook the noodles in boiling water following pack instructions. Drain.
  4. Cut the chicken and corn into thin bite-size pieces, add to the soup and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the beansprouts and sugar snap peas and cook for 30 seconds.
  5. Divide the noodles between 4 bowls and ladle over the soup. Scatter with spring onions and coriander. Serve with lime wedges.
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Use one to two tablespoons of ready-made Thai curry paste for this dish if you're really pushed for time.

PER SERVING

372 kcalories, protein 22.6g, carbohydrate 17.9g, fat 23.9 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1.6g, salt 2.14 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2011.

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  • 14 March 2012

    Jenny Wren rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used a ready made Thai Green paste as I was short of time, left -over pieces of roast chicken, fine rice noodles and a tin of bamboo shoots as I didn't have beansprouts, plus the other ingredients as stated - and it was delicious!

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  • 01 August 2012

    mambo_octet commented on this recipe

    This recipe is delicious and very easy to follow! I have adapted it slightly to suit our two fussy children and what I have in the fridge. I didn't use chilli. I substitute babycorn for sweetcorn. Tonight (2nd time I have used the recipe) I didn't have any spring onions/beansprouts so put in courgettes and mushrooms instead. Very yummy and amazingly the kids seem to love it. I do bribe them with the promise of prawn crackers afterwards!

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  • 14 April 2013

    lizleicester rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this with tinned sweetcorn + frozen peas instead of babycorn + sugarsnap peas, and didn't have beansprouts. However, the result was fantastic with very little effort and just the ingredients I had to hand.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
  • sunflower oil
  • 500ml chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • ½ tbsp palm sugar
  • 125g fine egg noodles
  • 8 baby sweetcorn
  • 2 chicken breasts , skinless
  • 100g beansprouts , rinsed
  • a handful sugar snap peas , halved
  • 4 spring onions , sliced
  • a few sprigs coriander
  • lime wedges, to serve

CURRY PASTE

  • 1 large red chilli , seeded
  • 1 stick lemongrass , woody outer leaves trimmed and roughly chopped
  • ginger grated to make 1 tbsp
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 2 garlic cloves , crushed
  • ½ onion , roughly chopped
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PER SERVING

372 kcalories, protein 22.6g, carbohydrate 17.9g, fat 23.9 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 1.6g, salt 2.14 g

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