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
This is my go to soup. I’ve made it 7 times during quarantine. I just cannot get enough of it. I don’t even like curry’s, yet this is my fav soup.
YES!!! thank you so much, Sydney!
Easy to make and you can swap out some things if you need to (I used pumpkin instead of butternut because that’s what I had). It’s also the first time I’ve cooked tofu that actually tastes good! Really, really tasty. This will be a go-to meal for me.
Thank you so much for the love, Suzanne! So glad you loved this recipe as much as we do!
I am so in love with this dish. It’s going to be a regular for me for sure! I made it last week but put waaaayyyy too many noodles so it was definitely not a soup (but still so good)! Haha. Made it again tonight. My mouth and tummy are so satisfied. 🙂 I don’t like spicy food so I only used 2 Tbsp of the red curry paste (plus the kind I bought was mild) and it was perfect. Thank you, Maria!!
So glad you love it, Jessica. This is one of our favourites too!
Made this last night. Super easy. Super
tasty. I used sweet potato instead of butternut squash. Will make again!
This makes me so happy!! Thank you, Kim!!!
Easy to make and you can swap out some things if you need to (I used pumpkin instead of butternut because that’s what I had). It’s also the first time I’ve cooked tofu that actually tastes good! Really, really tasty. This will be a go-to meal for me.
Very delicious, not too spicy. Ended up playing around with the spice ratio, but overall definitely recommend.
This makes me so happy, I love this one!
This is the best curry recipe I’ve made at home and I will definitely be making again! I skipped the tofu and loaded up on extra squash and also added mushrooms and broccoli!
This sounds so lovely, the curry soup is my favourite.
Great recipe!! Everyone in the family love it!! Thanks for sharing the recipe Maria!!!
YESS! Thank you so much!
So delicious!
Thank you so much, Chelsea!
I made this soup the other day for friends. Feedback was ‘this is the best soup I’ve ever had’. I tend to agree it’s mighty good!!
Thanks for this and all of your amazing recipes.
YES!!!! Thanks so much for the love!
I added too much water so added extra curry pasta and some leftover pho broth
Seriously
I was so excited to make this for months
It was AMAZING!
also made vegan spaghetti sauce and gluten free noodles last night for dinner, I have ibs so I’ve needed to try this out for 9+ years now.
Day 1 and already feel a difference
Thank you for the recipes you create! I NEVER use recipes and I mean that truly. It’s so out of my comfort zone. I prefer to cook how my mama and bubby have taught me.
But I’m blown away 2/2 recipes so far! This and the breakfast cookies. Love supporting such a badass woman, go Maria!
YASSS!!! So glad you love this one babes!