Description
A creamy, fragrant coconut chicken soup with red curry, lime, and tender chicken—slow-cooked for maximum flavor and minimum effort.
Ingredients
Scale
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs 1½ lb
- Small onion thinly sliced 1
- Garlic cloves minced 3
- Fresh ginger grated 1 tbsp or ground 1 tsp
- Red bell pepper thinly sliced 1
- Mushrooms sliced 1–2 cups optional
- Large carrot thinly sliced 1
- Full-fat coconut milk 1 can 13.5 oz / 400 ml
- Low-sodium chicken broth 4 cups
- Red curry paste 1–2 tbsp adjust heat
- Fish sauce or soy sauce 1 tbsp
- Lime juice 1
- Lime zest optional
- Kosher salt 1 tsp
- Black pepper ¼ tsp
- Sugar or honey 1–2 tsp optional
- Spinach chopped 2 cups or bok choy
- Fresh cilantro chopped to finish
- Lime wedges to serve
- Optional: kaffir lime leaves 1–2 and lemongrass stalk 1 trimmed and crushed
Instructions
- Add onion, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, mushrooms, and carrot to the slow cooker.
- Place chicken on top. Add broth, coconut milk, curry paste, fish or soy sauce, salt, pepper, and optional lime leaves or lemongrass; stir gently.
- Cook on Low 4–5 hours or High 2–3 hours until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken, shred with forks, and return to the soup. Stir in lime juice, spinach, and sugar or honey if using; cook on High 5–10 minutes until greens wilt.
- Taste, adjust salt, curry, or lime. Ladle into bowls, top with cilantro, and serve with lime wedges; add jasmine rice or rice noodles if desired.
Notes
- Creamier broth: replace 1 cup broth with extra coconut milk.
- Lighter version: use light coconut milk; broth will be thinner.
- More Thai flavor: add ½ tbsp curry paste at the end or extra lime.
- Veggie add-ins: zucchini or snap peas in the last 20 minutes.
- Storage: 3–4 days refrigerated; reheat gently to avoid splitting.
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: Low 4–5 hours or High 2–3 hours
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Slow Cook
- Cuisine: Thailand
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories: 340Kcal
- Fat: 19g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 27g
Keywords: Chicken Soup