Spicy and sour chicken noodle soup
It's hot and I hate to eat noodle soup when it's 33°C outside . But I like to make it from time to time for myself during summer , not immediately scarfing the soup , for sure ! Come winter , this surprisingly delightful and refreshing soup will be my to-go tummy filler .
Why surprising ?! I first made this last time when somebody here wants a Thai noodle soup for breakfast . I didn't have most of the ingredients for making it and I was just too lazy to go out , it was pretty hot that day to go to the market , even at 8 am ugh ! So I checked the fridge and came up with this easy and quick noodle soup .
Actually it tastes like a bastardized version of creamy tom yum soup that we had last time in one of the Thai restaurant here . I'm still dreaming of that soup until now and I want to try to make it sometime , hopefully , crosses finger lol
So for those who like noodle soup no matter what the season is , try this deliciously easy and quick dish ! Take a peek in your fridge , maybe most of the ingredients are already lurking there ?!
4 cups chicken broth or half broth , half water
1 stalk coriander , stems and root only , set aside the leaves to garnish
1 stalk spring onion , white part only
10 grams ginger , cut in half and lightly smashed
2 teaspoons raw sugar or granulated sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Massaman or red Thai curry paste
3/4 cup coconut milk
about 5 teaspoons lime juice from 1 big lime
3 1/2 teaspoons Thai fish sauce or to taste
1 1/2 cups rotisserie chicken or cooked chicken thigh , shredded or prawns/shrimps
200 grams dried rice sticks
1 fresh chilli . sliced
1 lime , sliced
any cooked green veggie
* In a saucepan , pour in broth and add in the coriander stems and root , spring onion , ginger and raw sugar , let boil , cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes . Add in the curry paste and cook for another 5 minutes . Add in the fish sauce , lime juice and coconut milk , don't cover the saucepan , let boil , and cook for another 5 minutes , adjust taste .
* Meanwhile in another pan , boil water and cooked noodles according to package direction , drain in a colander and rinse briefly , divide into 2 bowls . Discard the solids from the soup base ( coriander , spring onion and ginger ) , add in the chicken pieces , stir and pour over the noodles . Garnish with coriander leaves , sliced chilli and lime .
* Serve immediately or if you don't like it piping hot , cool the soup a little bit before pouring over the noodles .
Very very appetizing! And the use of coconut milk must have given this noodle soup some extra creaminess and flavours.
ReplyDeleteI love this kind of soups, no matter what is the temperature outside:)
ReplyDeletei was looking at your curry chicken and now this...it is difficult to continue on... i need food now!!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne,
ReplyDeleteYes, I am lazy too to go out shopping if the weather is too hot.
Your are brilliant to cook such comfort chicken noodles soup from what you have in your fridge :)
Can I have a sip of your yummy noodles soup ..lol
mui
Buone vacanze...un abbraccio.
ReplyDeleteI love just about anything sweet and sour and I love chicken noodle soup. This recipe is so creative - I can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeletewe eat spicy noodles soup very often, whether weather is hot or cold, we simply love spicy noodles soup like laksa! Here is raining now, I wish to have a bowl of your noodle soup right now, yum!
ReplyDeletelooks insane! I love your photos! Now, i'm so hungry that i really need to go to the kitchen and open my fridge..:)
ReplyDeleteAnne, that bowl of noodles looks so good! Drooling already! I will whack it all down 33C or not :))
ReplyDeleteAnn, this makes me feel like slurping the soup off the screen.
ReplyDeleteHi Anne,
ReplyDeleteI would eat this bowl of noodle soup even if the weather is blazing hot!
Looks really delicious!
I want this soup. Ann how does your soup gives a red tinge. When I make red thai curry paste the chillies never give this good red color?
ReplyDeleteBal , really ? I used Massaman curry paste in this soup , what brand is your curry paste ?
DeleteDamn slurrping decilicous!!!
ReplyDeletei really craving this kind od spicy and tangy noodle soup for rainy days lately!!