Soups
One Pot Coconut Curry Soup
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
35 minutes
Yield
4
When I traveled to Thailand I was always in awe of how the locals could mix simple fresh ingredients all in one pot and produce the most aromatic, flavorful dishes. With this super easy one-pot coconut curry soup I did my best to capture just a sliver of the authentic bowls I had on my travels. All I have to do is close my eyes while I eat this in the dead of winter and I am instantly transported back to hot days and tropical beaches.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Coconut Curry Soup
- Quick: The prep time for this is only 10-minutes, and in total it only takes 45-minutes to make
- Colorful: If you want a dish that will wow your family and friends this is it, and not just for the taste, it’s so beautiful with the colorful broth and toppings
- Flavorful: Curry is supposed to be jammed with flavor and this does not fall short. This soup is so damn delicious!
🍲 Ingredients
Fresh Ingredients: Have you ever walked down the “ethnic” food aisle at the grocery store only to find prepackaged and boxed curries and noodle bowls? Please friends, quickly divert your eyes and get out of aisle 10! The essence of most curries, rice dishes, or noodle bowls relies on real ingredients and fresh produce to achieve that punch of flavor we’ve come to love and crave. That’s why I wanted to make this one-pot coconut curry soup to show you how easy it is to create depth and rich flavors in your own kitchen. The ingredient list is full of fresh vegetables including butternut squash and simple elements that you probably already have in your kitchen. The best part is that it can be made in one pot! Making it easy for you to whip up for the whole family.
Nutritional Yeast: Nutritional yeast is definitely on its way to the main stage of trendy foods, and for good reason. This nutty-tasting deactivated yeast is a plant-based eater’s cheesy dream. It’s often used as a substitute for parmesan cheese, sprinkled on top of popcorn, mashed in with your potatoes, and mixed in anywhere else you’d like to add that distinctive umami taste. I usually keep my pantry stocked with Bob’s Red Mill nutritional yeast for this occasion. Along with its many uses, this vegan superfood also has a lot of nutritional benefits, in just 1/4 of a cup you will be adding:
- 8 grams (g) of protein
- 3 g of fiber
- 11.85 milligrams (mg) of thiamine, or vitamin B-1
- 9.70 mg of riboflavin, or vitamin B-2
- 5.90 mg of vitamin B-6
- 17.60 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin B-12
👩🍳 How to Make Coconut Curry Soup
- Into a large soup pot add your coconut oil and heat for 20-30 seconds on medium-low heat before adding your white onion. Sweat this out for around 5 minutes. Stir often to avoid burning.
- Now add your peppers and cook for 1-2 minutes before adding your garlic, ginger, curry and cumin. I let this cook for 3-5 minutes. The longer you let them cook, the more fragrant the soup. Now add your butternut squash, turn heat to low and pop the lid on for 5 minutes or until the squash is tender.
- Remove lid, increase heat to high and add your red curry paste, desired seasoning to taste, chilli flakes, coconut milk, water, veggie stock paste, nutritional yeast, coconut aminos and tofu. Stir till everyone is well combined and then bring mixture to a boil.
- Once bubbling add your noodles and reduce heat. Cook your noodles as per package instructions.
- Serve this soup hot with fresh cilantro, lime, jalapeños and red onion!
- Enjoy!!
🗒 Substitutions
- Coconut Oil: swap for any kind of cooking oil like olive oil or avocado oil
- Coconut Milk: I promise this won’t have a heavy coconut flavor to it but you can always swap for another milk product
- Coconut Aminos: This can be swapped with soy sauce instead
- Tofu: Swap for cooked chicken if you aren’t on a vegetarian or vegan diet
🗒 Best served with
- Asian-Inspired Broccoli Salad
- Veggie Spring Rolls with Mango Salsa
- Rice Paper Rolls with Peanut Sauce
👝 How to Store Leftovers
This will last for up to 5 days in a tight sealed container in the fridge.
🤔 Common Questions
This vibrant curry noodle soup comes together so easily and just like the street vendors in Thailand, all you need is one pot! You can have this simmering in the oven any day of the week or bust it out for friends and family. Trust me, even the most timid currygoer will enjoy this noodle bowl.
It does have a bit of a kick to it. Go for less red curry paste and chili flakes if you like it less spicy.
One Pot Coconut Curry Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
- 1 medium sized white onion finely chopped
- 1 red pepper finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 2 inch cube of ginger grated or finely chopped – skin removed
- 1 tbsp. curry powder
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1 cup butternut squash cubed
- 3 tbsp. red curry paste
- season to taste
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes – add as little or as much as you’d like
- 1 can coconut milk
- 4-6 cups boiling water more if you find the soup is too thick
- 2 tsp. veggie stock paste
- 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast – I used Bob’s Red Mill
- 1 tbsp. coconut aminos
- 1 cup cubed tofu optional
- 45 g uncooked vermicelli rice noodles
- garnish with: fresh cilantro lime, jalapeños pepper and red onion
Instructions
- Into a large soup pot add your coconut oil and heat for 20-30 seconds on medium-low heat before adding your white onion. Sweat this out for around 5 minutes. Stir often to avoid burning.
- Now add your peppers and cook for 1-2 minutes before adding your garlic, ginger, curry and cumin. I let this cook for 3-5 minutes. The longer you let them cook, the more fragrant the soup. Now add your butternut squash, turn heat to low and pop the lid on for 5 minutes or until the squash is tender.
- Remove lid, increase heat to high and add your red curry paste, desired seasoning to taste, chilli flakes, coconut milk, water, veggie stock paste, nutritional yeast, coconut aminos and tofu. Stir till everyone is well combined and then bring mixture to a boil.
- Once bubbling add your noodles and reduce heat. Cook your noodles as per package instructions.
- Serve this soup hot with fresh cilantro, lime, jalapeños and red onion!
- Enjoy!!
Notes
Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill
Brilliant!! Tasty, easy and delicious 🙂 Totaly love this. I was home alone and wanted to make me some comfort food and then I rembemberd this recipe. So happy I did!!
Thank you Maria for your amazing food, pictures and easy recipe to follow.
Kærar þakkkir – as we say in Icelandic.
Bjarney
Thank you so much beauty! Glad you loved it!
Oh. My. God. Maria, you are magical. This recipe is AMAZING. I added bean sprouts to add some crunch and in place of cilantro + jalapeños and I was NOT dissappointed. It was PACKED with flavour. My boyfriend was amazed. Oh, and I didn’t miss meat at all! I can’t wait to make it again!! Thanks Maria!
Hello!!! Thank you so much for the love here girl and thanks for sharing your substitutions!! That sounds so delicious. I honestly love this soup and I am so pumped you and your man did too!!!
Beyond incredible! One pot deliciousness is so easy. Thankyou again for opening my eyes to more plant based meals for all my family:-)
Hello beauty! Of course, thank you so much for your support. SO happy I can help you and your family eat more plants!!
Literally beyond delicious!! Flavour amazing, so easy to make. One pot meals are my favourite kind of meal.
You are inspiring me everyday to be more creative on plant based meals and for that Thankyou!!
HEY!! Thank you so much!! Of course, I love my job, messages like this make me so happy. Thanks for your support! Please let me know what you make next!!!
Absolutely delish! One pot of perfect! Thanks so much for the easy recipe. Its a fun twist on butternut squash soup. It was so good that I had to make another one of your recipes, the night after making this one. I went with the shepherds pie… and my heavens I loved that too. BEST part… my meat lovin’ hubby obsessed over both recipes. You mean I didn’t have to make us separate dinners two nights in a row…. life saver. Now Maria, what to make for dinner tonight? ( but seriously 😉 )
Hello!!! Oh my gosh, I am so excited for you!! Thanks so much for your support. Have you tried my grandmas pasta sauce yet? Do you have my cookbook? The mushroom soup is out of this world!!!
No I don’t, but I need it!!! I’ll get on it 🙂
<3
Extremely tasty one pot meal, about to make it again!
Hello Joanna! That’s great to hear. Glad you love it!
Three words….”to DIE for!! “
I puréed it slightly before adding noodles just to make it creamier. My kids LOVED this!
Yes Elaine! That is brilliant and such a great tip to get kiddos eating more! What a win with the tough critics!
Would it taste ok without the nutritional yeast?
I don’t see why not!
This recipe is YUMMY! I added sambal and some lemongrass to it and used soba noodles and it was delicious!
Oh wow, what great additions!! Thanks for the comment. This will hopefully inspire other to try some different versions of this recipe!!
I tried this recipe this week it was so delicious! Easy to make and took no time at all. I topped the soup with everything suggested, it took the soup to the next level! I used Thai kitchen red curry paste, I put a few extra tablespoons in. I will be making this again!!! Thank you Maria !
Hey Melanie!!! this is amazing, thanks for letting me know. So glad you loved it and thanks for your support on the recipe!