Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp

Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp

Rich flavors from your favorite Thai Restaurant in a quick and easy soup that  takes less than 30 minutes to make? Oh yes! After perusing Nicole’s recipes on PicNic, I chose to make Spicy Thai Noodle Soup for #FreakyFriday!

Rich flavors from your favorite Thai Restaurant in a quick and easy soup. Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp takes less than 30 minutes to make and is a hundred times better than takeout!

Now to back up a bit, #FreakyFriday is when a bunch of bloggers get together to share a colleague’s recipe. Each blogger is assigned a blog and we get to choose whatever recipe we want to make and share on our blog! The recipe you choose is top secret until it’s revealed. I was assigned PicNic’s blog!

Freaky Friday Fall 2017

The first thing I did, was swing by Nicole’s About Me page to learn a little bit more about her. She lives on the tip of New Zealand, loves food and was encouraged by friends and family to start her blog – sounds like we have a lot in common huh (well except for the New Zealand part!)? 😋

This is the fourth time I’ve participated in Freaky Friday. Previous recipes include Nicoise Shrimp Salad,  Southwestern Chicken Salad Bowl and an Authentic Posole – Mexican Stew YUM! Now it was time to check out Nicole’s recipes.

I was drawn to the tab for New Zealand recipes. That’s where I found delicious recipes, local cuisine, but ultimately ended up at the Soup tab where I found her recipe for Spicy Thai Noodle Soup. YUM! That soup was definitely calling my name!

Thai Noodle Soup comes together in less than 30 minutes and is one hundred times better than takeout!

Since you’re here on the blog I know that you like to get dinner together in a hurry, enjoy BIG flavors and I personally ❤️ Thai food! It was a match made in heaven!

Nicole has this meal totally dialed in. Let me show you how easy it is to put together.

You’ll add the garlic, ginger, lemongrass paste, curry, cilantro, chili paste bell pepper and onion to a blender. Give it a pulse and process until it is completely combined into a paste.

Into a heavy bottom saucepan it goes, sauté until it becomes fragrant.

While it was cooking I sliced the shrimp* in half, like so –

Devein shrimp and remove the shell. Slice the shrimp in half length-wise.

(Slicing the shrimp in half was an extra step, but they only take minutes to cook with this method.) *On a side note, her recipe did not call for shrimp, but shrimp paste. I did not have that available and instead substituted the whole shrimp and it was a delicious substitution.

Next you’ll add the chicken stock and coconut and bring it to a boil, simmer for five minutes, add the shrimp – simmer for five minutes longer. Serve over noodles!

How easy is that?

Top each bowl with fresh cilantro, slices of fresh chili, sesame seeds and spring onions!

Rich, deep and subtly spicy flavor! I loved this, Dan did too. He was rummaging thru the refrigerator looking for seconds later in the evening!

Print Recipe

5 from 10 votes

Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp

Rich flavors from your favorite Thai Restaurant in a quick and easy soup. Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp takes less than 30 minutes to make and is a hundred times better than takeout!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Lunch or Dinner

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 389kcal

Author: Souper Chef Deb

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh ginger chopped
• 1 tbsp lemongrass paste
• 2 tbsp red curry paste
• 1 cup cilantro loosely chopped, or 1 tbsp coriander paste
• 1 tbsp red chili paste
• 1 red bell pepper roughly chopped
• 1 yellow onion roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil
• 1 14 oz. can *coconut cream or coconut milk (use full fat milk)
• 1 8 oz. package rice or egg noodles, cooked to al dente and rinsed. Divided between four bowls cooked al dente - the noodles will continue to cook after pouring the soup base over the top.
• 2 limes 1 lime juiced, plus additional lime wedges for serving
• 2 tbsp fish stock
• optional garnishes, cilantro, sliced red jalepenos, sesame seeds,
• 1 pound shrimp peeled and devein shrimp, slice in half (I used 21-30 count)

Instructions

• Combine the garlic, ginger, lemongrass and red chili paste into a blender. Roughly chop the red pepper, onion and garlic. Add it to the blender also. Blitz until a thick paste has formed
• Heat a large saucepan over a medium-high heat, add the coconut or vegetable oil. Fry the paste for a couple of minutes, until fragrant. 
  
• Add the stock and coconut and bring to a boil, Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for five minutes
  
• While the soup base is cooking peel and devein shrimp. Slice in half.
• Add the shrimp to the soup base, simmer for an additional five minutes.
• While the soup is simmering, cook your noodles (enough for 4 servings). Cooking the noodles according to the package directions. Divide the cooked noodles between four bowls.
• After 10 minutes, add the fish sauce. Season the soup to taste with a squeeze of lime juice. 
  
• Divide between the bowls and top each one with fresh cilantro, slices of fresh chili, and spring onions. Serve immediately.
• *Coconut cream was not available where I shop, I used coconut milk and it was just delicious!

Nutrition

Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 86g | Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 1292mg | Sodium: 4018mg | Potassium: 78mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 29.4% | Vitamin C: 15.1% | Calcium: 48.2% | Iron: 48%

Here are the recipes my colleagues made – be sure

to swing by and check them out!

An Affair from the Heart – Rustic Harvest Stew

Take Two Tapas – Pepperoni Pizza Packets

LeMoine Family Kitchen – Mixed Berry Muffins

Hostess at Heart – Spicy Sriracha Snack Mix

Aunt Bee’s Recipes – Easy Black Bean Soup

Bowl Me Over – Spicy Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp

Seduction in the Kitchen – Marinated Olives with Red Wine Vinaigrette

The Foodie Affair – Unstuffed Bell Pepper Casserole with Cauliflower Crumbles

Full Belly Sisters – Easy Coconut Macaroons

Who Needs A Cape? – Loaded Slow Cooker Pierogies

Lisa’s dinnertime Dish – Italian Stuffed Pepper Cauliflower Rice Skillet

A Dish of Daily Life – Banana Crumb Cake with Pecans

The Devilish Dish – Slow Cooker Crack Chicken

Mildly Meandering – Apple Cake Sundae

Life Currents – Pineapple Serrano Hummus

Plattertalk – Baked Pumpkin Donuts

Pic Nic – Dark Chocolate Pecan Tart

Honey & Birch – Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Appetizer

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Rich flavors from your favorite Thai Restaurant in a quick, easy soup. Spicy Thai Noodle Soup w/Shrimp takes less than 30 min to make, better than takeout!