Vegan Coconut Curry Soup (with Noodles)
This Vegan Coconut Curry Soup is loaded with lots of divine Thai flavours and is so delicious! It takes only about 35 minutes from start to finish!
How was your Super Bowl? I spent it catching old with a long time friend, then eating with my parents and the Mr. while watching This is Us and of course, naturally bawling my eyes out. It was such a different feel to the way I usually spend it and I loved it. I love that being on the road didn’t mean losing touch with sharing the day with loved ones.
That’s one of the reasons I love this Coconut Curry Soup!!! It has that delicious home-y feel while being just as fancy and beautiful as a takeout soup from your favourite restaurant. When I say that this soup HAS the flavours you’ve been looking for in a Coconut Curry Soup – it’s so real!
I based this soup loosely on my Thai Green Curry in that it has those signature red Thai flavours, coconut milk, and lots of divine Thai basil. The flavours of this soup also incorporate some sesame flavours alongside those plus the fresh ginger really enhances the flavours. The coconut curry soup itself isn’t spicy, so feel free to add some Sriracha on top (make sure it’s vegan because some have fish sauce) or what we did which was to add lots of my scotch bonnet pepper sauce into it. The way the carrot flavour of that hot sauce blends into this soup is truly fantastic.
I wanted to go an extra step and add some noodles to the soup. Isn’t soup *always* better with noodles?! You could use vermicelli noodles but I had some yummy udon noodles on deck so I used those. This soup also works with soba noodles to keep it gluten free. Quite frankly, so would any of your favourite gluten-free Asian noodles. You guys know I’m not a stickler for *strict* recipes unless I say so, so feel free to even use up what you have!
Speaking of which, I used red cabbage not just because it was pretty, but because I had leftovers of it! If you have leftover carrots it would work beautifully here too. The trick is to place those ingredients in the bowl, then pour the really hot soup over them. This does two magical things. It softens them so you can eat them alongside the noodles whilst drinking the soup. It also allows them to soak up the flavours while the soup cools down a bit. Long story short, probably the most flavourful carrots you’ll ever have in soup, except for my carrot soup, of course!
Now, how to store this beauty? Udon noodles stand up pretty strong, so we left ours in the soup and then reheated it with the noodles in there. The noodles had soaked up lots of flavour and tasted even better on day too. Even the cabbage faired well. Alternatively, you can always prep the soup base separately. Then, when you’re ready to eat and serve, cook the amount of noodles you’ll need and veggies you want to serve it with, place it in the bowl, and pour the hot soup over it. That way you could even have different veggies/noodles per person to leave the soup base “pure”.
I hope you enjoy this soup friends! It was really one of my favourites and something I can’t wait to make again when we are back home. Happy eating!
Vegan Coconut Curry Soup (with Noodles)
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste - I use this vegan one
- ½ red onion, (3.5g)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, or any sugar
- 1 tablespoon liquid aminos/gluten free tamari/coconut aminos, or lite soy sauce
- 1 13.5 ounce can of coconut milk (full fat or lite), (383g)
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 1 lime
- ½ tablespoon sambal oelek or Sriracha, optional, for heat
- handle of Thai basil, finely chopped
- handful of spinach, finely chopped
- handful purple cabbage, optional, for topping
Instructions
- In a pan over medium high heat, heat the sesame oil. Add in the minced ginger and curry paste to fry it, stirring into the oil, for about 1 minute. Add in the chopped onion and the garlic and cook until the onion is slightly translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add the sea salt, black pepper, coconut sugar, and liquid aminos on top and stir everything together. Add in the coconut milk and the veggie broth. Bring the soup to a boil and then lower to a simmer, allowing to simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring the soup. You can let it simmer even more if desired. Squeeze the lime over, stir, and then remove from heat.
- While the soup is simmering, prepare your noodles according to package directions.
- Add the noodles to the soup bowl. Add in the purple cabbage and any other desired veggies including the spinach. Pour the soup over the noodles and veggies and let sit for about 3 minutes or until cool enough to eat. Add in the thai basil on top, and stir in the sambal oelek (or Sriracha) or scotch bonnet pepper sauce if using.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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This was so very yummy!! I make one up (throw everything in and its always good) all the time and it was nice to have a different take on a good bowl of curry soup. I will keep yours for sure and do this one again and often!! I added kale and carrots and tofu and ramen noodles. perfection 🙂
I made this tonight and I almost passed out! It was AMAZING, hands down. I’ve tried many many vegan Thai curry recipes and this one hit home. Thank you so much!!
I hope you’re ok we meant no harm!!! lol Thank you for trying our recipe!!! We’re glad you enjoyed!
Just made this last night but cooked the cabbage when simmering the rest of ingredients, also only used about 1/4 lb of rice noodles. I was missing Malaysian lakhsa soup that we used to easily get before we moved. This totally did it for me, it was excellent! Thank you!
Hi Eliane! These additions sound amazing! Thank you for all these kind words!!
I love this recipe! Delicious and simple. Thank you! 🙂
Thanks so much Melissa!!
Delicious recipe! I made it the other night 🙂
Unfortunately, purple cabbage wasn’t on the ingredient list so by the time I got to that step in the recipe, I had none on hand! Can you add purple cabbage to the ingredient list? How much do you recommend?
Thank you,
Diane
Hi Diane,
So glad you enjoyed! Yes that must have been accidentally overlooked to add it, although it’s just a garnish and not essential! I’ll add it to the list. I honestly just chopped up a handful per bowl! Hope that helps.
This was my first time using udon noodles and OMG they were the perfect noodle for this dish. I really liked how they held onto the soup flavor when raising my fork instead of having everything run off. Will definitely be making this again.
Is there a place you’d recommend for udon noodles. (My grocery store only had them in a 2-pack box)
Hi Candace,
Aww that’s incredible!! Thank you so much for your glowing review. YES, I love Udon noodles!
I’m not sure where to recommend, I got mine in a store in San Francisco, but now I can’t even remember the name of it? But I am almost certain it was this one: https://www.amazon.com/Muso-Japan-Organic-Japanese-Noodles/dp/B006GWADNK/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=udon+noodles&qid=1575412174&sr=8-10
I hope that helps!
jessica, thank you!
Hi Antwan Your welcome! Thank you so much for reading!
You’re welcome Antwan. Thank you so much for reading!
I made this one for dinner tonight and it is absolutely delicious!! Simple to make and rich of flavor, this will be a favorite in my kitchen for sure. Thanks for sharing it.
We’re so happy that you enjoyed this recipe Karina! Thank you so much for reading and leaving such a nice comment!
Delicious recipe and easy to make! We especially liked the inclusion of the red cabbage at the end – added a nice texture and color! Will definitely make this one again:)
Awesome we’re so happy you enjoyed it Christina! Thanks so much for reading!
Made this for my partner and I last night – DELICIOUS!
Such a simple and well balanced recipe. We fried up some Tofu and added that at the end, as well as some crispy chilli in oil.
Adding the Scotch Bonnet Sauce, as recommended, really takes it to the next level.
We can’t wait to make it again!