I have to give full credit for this photo of Thai Chicken Soup to my boys. They helped me stage the shot and then sat with me at the computer to crop and size the photo. They are becoming such little artists, having far surpassed me in this arena.
The delicious Thai soup above is based on a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. My friend Deb got me hooked on this magazine last year when she gave me a subscription. The recipes in Cook’s Illustrated use fresh interesting combination of ingredients and often are not overly complicated.
We ate this soup for dinner tonight; I downed the bowl in the photo above as soon as I finished snapping the pictures; it is sweet, rather spicy and very comforting. After he finished his, my younger son said, “it was good; this is a happy, happy, happy soup.” That is a direct quote!
I am hoping that with more soup we can build more community. Many people have been leaving comments over here of late which is wonderful. I also want to take a moment to encourage people to respond to each others comments.
Jeanne, one of my regular readers, asked a question here. I hope that any of you who have experience in figuring out which foods work best for you will feel free to jump in and respond to her comment, it’s great when we can support one another…Now, back to soup!
Thai Chicken Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil or coconut oil
- 3 shallots, chopped
- 8 sprigs cilantro, chopped
- 4 cups chicken stock or Kettle & Fire Bone Broth
- 28 ounces full fat coconut milk
- ½ pound crimini mushrooms
- 1 head broccoli
- 1 pound chicken breasts skinless-boneless, halved lengthwise, sliced on bias, cut into ⅛ inch thick pieces
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons red curry paste
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- ½ cup cilantro, minced
- 2 serrano chilies, thinly sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Warm oil in a large saucepan over medium heat
- Add shallots and cilantro, stirring frequently until softened 2 to 5 minutes
- Stir in stock and coconut milk and bring to a simmer
- Pour broth through a fine mesh strainer and discard solids (shallot and cilantro)
- Return broth to saucepan
- Reduce heat to medium, add mushrooms and broccoli and cook until tender 2 to 3 minutes
- Add chicken and cook, stirring constantly, until no longer pink 1 to 3 minutes
- Combine lime juice, curry paste, and fish sauce in a small bowl then stir into soup
- ladle soup into bowls and garnish with cilantro, chilies, and scallions
- Serve with wedges of lime
This soup also works very well with leftover chicken. Leftovers are a great thing in so many ways. They save us trips to the store as well as time in the kitchen.
Other uses for leftover chicken? I use it to make a simple Mexican salad for dinner (salad greens with black beans, guacamole and salsa) and to add an extra hit of protein to this sesame noodle dish.
As you can see from the recipes on this blog, while I don’t eat the SAD (Standard American Diet), I do not feel deprived. I focus on the foods I can eat, create as much variety as possible and savor every morsel I put into my mouth! All in all, I feel happy and grateful to have access to the beautiful fresh foods that nourish me day in and day out.
Lin says
Elana, I love your blog. Recipes sound wonderful. However, I can’t figure out how to print them without going through several steps, that are time-consuming. Can you help?
Thnaks
Elana says
Lin, thanks for reaching out about this and happy to help! Go to the little print icon at the top right of the recipe and press it. A print page will appear and you can then hit print. Please let me know if you need more help with this :-)
Marsha Gibbons says
Elena, this soup is fantastic. Great for a cold February night!! The soup was light and satisfying at the same time. I was a little worried about two cans of Coconut milk, but it was perfection. I have been using a new brand (Zoup) of Chicken Bone broth for my soups and it makes such a difference. Making my own would be best, but not always time. I left the shallots in and used baby bella mushrooms because there were no whole cremini. I don’t like to buy sliced mushrooms. I worry about getting them clean. So, a couple of little changes and it was still delicious. That makes it adaptable, right?!!
Elana says
Marsha, thanks for letting me know this soup is fantastic!
Donna Paige says
Is this soup Keto friendly? Looks delicious.
Elana says
Donna, yes it is. Here’s a full list of all my Keto Diet Recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
Enjoy!
Elana
Vicki Morningstar says
Can you freeze this soup?
Elana says
Vicki, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Justine says
Oh Elana you’ve done it again! This soup is just perfect! Easy do make, delicious (didn’t even need to add salt and huge salt addict!!). The only down: no leftovers for my lunch tomorrow ;) Thank you !!