Vietnamese Chicken Curry Soup
Serves: 2 to 3
A tasty Vietnamese Chicken Curry Soup with vermicelli noodles, sweet potatoes and lots of fresh herbs. A quick short-cut recipe which is perfect for mid-week meals.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 1 small red onion, thickly sliced
- 1 lemongrass stalk, white part cut into short lengths
- 1 ½ tablespoons Vietnamese curry powder
- 750 ml (3 cups) chicken stock
- 750 ml (3 cups) boiling water
- 400 ml (1 ⅔ cups) coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 small chicken breast fillets, or 1 large chicken breast fillet
- 2 small sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 1 handful water spinach, cut into short lengths
- 250 g (9 oz) dried vermicelli noodles
- red chillies, optional
- coriander, (cilantro) finely chopped
- limes, cut into wedges
Instructions
- In a medium-sized saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Sauté the garlic, onion and lemongrass until fragrant.
- Add the curry powder and stir through.
- Add the chicken stock, boiling water, coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar and sea salt.
- Bring to the boil and then turn the heat down to a gentle simmer.
- Add the sweet potatoes and cook for about 10 minutes until the sweet potato is soft.
- Next add the chicken breast fillet(s) and poach for about 8 to 10 minutes until it is cooked (cook for a bit longer if you are using large chicken breast fillets).
- Meanwhile, cook the vermicelli noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain and rinse under cold water.
- Remove the chicken from the soup and slice thickly.
- Add the water spinach to the soup and cook for a few minutes until it just begins to soften.
- Place the noodles into large soup bowls with some slices of chicken, and ladle the soup over the noodles.
- Garnish with red chillies and chopped coriander.
- Serve with a squeeze of lime juice.
Kitchen Notes
- VARIATIONS
You could also use pumpkin in place of sweet potato in this recipe. - OVEN TEMPERATURES
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