Thai Coconut Chili Soup
This flavorful Thai Coconut Chili Soup is similar Tom Kha. It is a quick soup, so you can make it in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 onion diced or shallot
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger minced
- 8 oz fresh mushrooms quartered
- 1 red pepper sliced thin
- 1-2 tbsp Chili pepper sauce or Thai red curry paste
- 1 tsp paprika
- 3/4 tsp ground cumin
- 3/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/3 tsp red pepper flakes
- Gops
- 5 cups vegetable broth
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1-2 tbsp soy sauce less sodium
- Handful of Fresh Parsley
- 1 Lime
Optional ingredients:
- 1 chili pepper
- 1 lb cubed chicken
- 4 oz rice noodles
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat.
- If using chicken, brown your chicken and season with Gops. Once the chicken has cooked, remove from pan and set aside.
- If the pan is dry add more olive oil.
- Add onion and sauté for about 3-4 minutes, then add ginger and garlic. Add in the sliced chili pepper if using.
- Sauté for a further one minute.
- Add in the mushrooms and red pepper and sauté until soft.
- Next add chili paste, all of the spices, vegetable broth, coconut milk and soy sauce.
- Stir and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once it boils, You can add rice noodles or if not using them, let the soup simmer for about 4-6 minutes or until the noodles are cooked or the soup thickens. Add more veggie broth if the soup gets too thick.
- Add the juice of one lime, and if you are using chicken. Add the chicken back into the soup and stir to combine.
- Taste and adjust seasonings. Add more salt/pepper/chili powder/red pepper flakes/ to taste if needed.
- Add the fresh parsley and stir to mix in well.
- Serve hot in soup bowls with fresh parsley and lime wedges.
Notes
You can use sriracha sauce if you have it on hand.
I used Hot Pepper Sauce. Link below
Gops seasoning. Link below
I used Hot Pepper Sauce. Link below
Gops seasoning. Link below