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!
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.
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67 responses to “Thai Chicken Soup”
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
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 :-)
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?!!
Marsha, thanks for letting me know this soup is fantastic!
Is this soup Keto friendly? Looks delicious.
Donna, yes it is. Here’s a full list of all my Keto Diet Recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
Enjoy!
Elana
Can you freeze this soup?
Vicki, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
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 !!
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