Thai Noodle Soup

4.96 from 21 votes

A Chicken Noodle Soup made with fragrant Thai flavours.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American Thai fusion

Keyword: Thai noodle soup

Servings:

1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 onion diced, medium
2 ribs celery diced
4 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp lemongrass or 1 lemongrass stalk, minced I used a pre-made paste from a tube
1 tbsp chilli powder
1/8-1/4 tsp dried chilli flakes to taste
1½ litre / 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth pre-made or your own
250ml / 1 cup This is an affiliate link.canned crushed tomatoes
2 chicken breast diced into bite size pieces
3 tbsp fish sauce Nam Pla or Nuoc Mam
20g / 1 cup cilantro/coriander leaves
125g / 4oz chow mein noodles or any other Asian noodles or even spaghettini
150g / 2/3 cup spinach
1 lime juice only
1 tbsp sesame seeds optional
2 green onions sliced, optional
1/2 carrot cut into thin strips, optional

In a large pot heat the vegetable oil and half the sesame oil, then add diced onions, celery, minced garlic, lemongrass paste, chilli powder and red chilli flakes and cook until soft over medium heat for 5 minutes. If you are using fresh lemongrass, remove the tough outer leaves from the stalk, lay it flat on a cutting board and bruise it with the flat side of a knife, then mince it finely.
Add the broth, tomatoes, chicken, fish sauce, cilantro leaves and bring to a boil, simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the noodles to the pot and cook according to package directions, mine took 5 minutes.
Once the noodles are done, stir in spinach leaves and lime juice and take off the heat. Flavour with the remaining sesame oil. Serve topped with sliced green onions, julienned carrots and sesame seeds.

Soup is always best with homemade broth. Follow my recipe for turkey broth, which works for chicken as well, if you want to give this a try.
I made this soup slightly spicy by adding both chilli powder and chilli flakes. If it’s a bit more spice than you like, simply leave some out.
Use a julienne peeler to cut the carrots into long, thin strips.