Easy Thai Coconut Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger (about a 2-inch piece)
- 1 stalk lemongrass, minced
- 2 teaspoons red curry paste
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 2 (13 1/2 ounce) cans coconut milk
- 1⁄2 lb fresh shiitake mushroom, sliced
- 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined or 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced thin
- 2 cups steamed white rice or 2 cups cooked rice vermicelli
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- salt, to taste
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
directions
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the ginger, lemongrass, and curry paste in the heated oil for 1 minute.
- Slowly pour the chicken broth over the mixture, stirring continually. Stir in the fish sauce and brown sugar; simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the coconut milk and mushrooms; cook and stir until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. If using chicken, skip to step 5.
- Add the shrimp; cook until no longer translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the rice and lime juice; season with salt; garnish with cilantro.
- For chicken: add chicken to soup along with mushrooms and poach gently 30-40 minutes until cooked through. Stir in the rice and lime juice; season with salt; garnish with cilantro.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!