Summer months very often call for light meals. When temperatures are high we don’t really fancy a full blown three course meal for our dinner. This Thai soup is quick and easy to make and it will deliver a wonderful dining experience, I promise. The ingredients as stated below will feed 4 hungry adults or a 2+1 family for two days 🙂
Ingredients:
- ~600ml chicken stock
- 2 x tins of coconut milk
- 2 large chicken breasts
- Fresh ginger; 5-7cm piece
- 4tbsp olive oil
- Lemon grass; about 6 pieces
- 250g mushrooms
- 4tbsp fish sauce
- 6tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2 chilli peppers
- Sea salt (if needed)
- Fresh coriander for garnish
For chicken marinade:
- Sea salt
- Smoked paprika
- Fresh ground pepper
- Lemon pepper (optional)
- 2tbsp olive oil
Method:
Wash and cut your chicken into small cubes. Place in a bowl and add olive oil, sea salt, paprika and pepper(s) then mix well and put aside for a while (the longer you leave it, the better the taste will develop but you could cook it almost straight away if you choose to do so).
Chop the ginger and chilli pepper into smaller pieces. Squash the lemon grass to help release the oils and flavour but leave it in a large piece so it is easier to remove from the soup later. Wash and slice the mushrooms.
In a heavy bottom frying pan heat up 4tbsp of olive oil; once hot add ginger, lemon grass and chilli peppers and fry for 3 minutes to release the aroma. Add mushrooms and allow them to fry for a few minutes till softened.
In a second frying pan fry your chicken; it doesn’t have to be cooked through out as it will have time to cook inside the soup but I like to sear it to lock the juices in. Move the chicken into your mushroom pan and fry for addition 2-3 minutes.
In a large pot heat up the chicken stock, add coconut milk, fish sauce and lime juice; then add all remaining ingredients from your frying pan (being the chicken and mushroom with ginger, lemon grass and chilli peppers).
Cook on a low heat for at least 15 minutes.
Serve with fresh coriander and enjoy a wonderful flavour of the Far East 🙂
Top tip: Be careful with your fish sauce. They are normally quite salty and the salt levels vary significantly from brand to brand, so if you are cooking it for the first time I would suggest adding only half of the amount stated in case it makes your soup too salty. I never found the need for additional salt but we all have different taste so who knows… maybe some of you will need it.
Do you like Thai food?
I love Thai food and this soup looks delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Wow, that soup looks like something out of a magazine. What great flavors, and love how light it is for summer.
Thank you Holly 🙂
I love Thai chicken soup - going to have to try making it myself!
This is my absolute favourite kind of meal! There are some lovely flavours in this, and it seems like it would be pretty easy to make, too! Thank you for a great idea!
Thai coconut and chicken soup is a favourite of mine and made often. Marinating the chicken before hand is such a cool idea.
Coconut chicken soup is one of my favorite Thai dishes but I admit I never got the flavor like the ones in the restaurant. This one looks so nice. Can’t wait to try it soon!
Soups are my kids favorite one. This looks so different and delicious. Mixing Coconut milk with chicken & mushroom is something new for me, but it sounds like a healthy soup combo over all. I am going to try this one for sure.
It looks just gorgeous! My husband loves thai food, and I bet he’d be thrilled if I made this for dinner.
Wow….that looks amazing.makes me drooling.
Boy does that ever look fantastic! The flavors and seasonings sound superb!
This sounds beyond amazing. Where I’m from, they say ‘eat something warm and spicy to cool down in the heat’ … this should just fit the bill.
I’ve always been curious about Thai food, but the small town that I live in is pizza and burgers. This recipe looks super simple and sounds tasty! I’m going to try it!
That looks so delicious! I’m a great fan of coconut, so I’m definitely trying this.
This Thai Coconut Chicken Soup sounds and looks delicious. I have never made a soup with coconut milk before so this will be interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I love coconut dishes like this! Thanks for sharing the recipe! 🙂
This looks like an interesting dish. My family doesn’t eat a ton of soups. I enjoy soup because it usually has veggies in it.
Thai food is one of my favorites many thanks for sharing your recipe looks yummy =)
I do not think I have ever tried Thai food, this does look pretty good though.
That sounds absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to make this for my family!