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Coconut-Curry Chicken Soup

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  • Servings: 7
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 75m
  • The following recipe serves 7 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 cups water
  • 3 cups fresh spinach leaves
  • 1/2 pound snow peas (trimmed and cut in half crosswise)
  • 5 3/4 ounces pad Thai noodles (wide rice stick noodles, or sub noodles of your choice)
  • 1 tablespoon oil (olive oil)
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced shallots
  • 2 teaspoons red curry paste
  • 1 teaspoon mild curry powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 6 cups chicken broth (reduced sodium)
  • 13.5 ounces light coconut milk
  • 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast (about 1 pound)
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onions
  • 2 tablespoons raw sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 7 lime wedges
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Add spinach and peas to pan; cook for 30 seconds. Remove vegetables from pot with a slotted spoon; place in a large bowl.

  • Step 2: Add noodles to pot; cook 3 minutes. Drain; add noodles to spinach mixture in bowl.

  • Step 3: Heat oil in pot over medium-high heat. Add shallots and the next 5 ingredients (through garlic) to pot; sauté 1 minute, stirring constantly.

  • Step 4: Add chicken broth to pot, and bring to a boil.

  • Step 5: Add coconut milk to pot; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.

  • Step 6: Add cooked chicken, onions, sugar, and fish sauce to pot; cook for 2 minutes.

  • Step 7: Add the noodle mixture back to the pot; bring back to heat.

  • Step 8: Taste for seasonings!

  • Step 9: Stir in cilantro and red pepper flakes.

  • Step 10: Makes seven 2 cup servings.

  • Step 11: Garnish each serving with one lime wedge.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Cooked chicken
  • Homemade broth

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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