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Monday, April 18, 2011

Cooking Light's Thai Coconut Curry Soup

This is fabulous.  Super healthy. Very filling.  Completely delicious.  Make it today!


Coconut Curry Thai Chicken Soup
4 c water
3 c fresh spinach leaves
½ lb snow peas, trimmed and cut in half crosswise
1 (5 ¾ oz) pkg pad thai noodles
1 Tbsp canola oil
¼ c thinly sliced shallots
2 tsp red curry paste
1 ½ tsp curry powder
½ tsp tumeric
½ tsp ground coriander
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 c chicken broth
1 (13.5 oz) can light coconut milk
2 ½ c shredded cooked chicken breast
½ c chopped green onions
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp fish sauce
½ c chopped fresh cilantro
4 small hot red chiles, seeded and chopped, or ¼ tsp crushed red pepper
7 lime wedges

Bring 4 c water to a boil in a large sauce pan.  Add spinach and peas to pan; cook for 30 seconds.  Remove vegetables from pan with a slotted spoon; place in a large bowl.  Add noodles to pan; cook 3 minutes.  Drain; add noodles to spinach mixture in bowl.  Head canola oil in pan over medium heat.  Add shallots and the next 5 ingredients (through garlic) to pan; sauté 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Add chicken broth to pan and boring to a boil.  Add coconut milk; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.  Add chicken, onions, sugar, and fish sauce to pan; cook for 2 minutes.  Pour chicken mixture over noodle mixture in bowl.  Stir in cilantro and chiles.  Serve with lime wedges.  

2 comments:

Whitney said...

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Cami said...

this looks divine. oh and it's the very dish that i swear got my labor started with Ty. no, that's not why we named him Ty/Thai.