Chicken Khao Soi

Two bowls of Khao Soi garnished with cilantro, lime, and red onions.

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5 from 1 vote

Game. Over. Made this Khao Soi (Thai coconut curry noodles) and it is everything you hope and DREAM!

Prep Time20

Cook Time45

Total Time1 5

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Thai

Servings:

Author: Lindsey Baruch

Ingredients

3 chicken thighs
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon fish sauce
3 to 4 tablespoons sugar/palm sugar i used 1/2 sugar 1/2 palm sugar, once the soup is complete, you can add more sugar too if you like your Khao Soi even sweeter
1 1/2 cup coconut milk
4 tablespoon khao soi paste
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons vegetable oil

To Serve

5 to 10 ounces egg noodles
bean sprouts
thinly sliced shallots
cilantro
lime wedges

Khao Soi Paste

1/4 cup sliced garlic
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
1/3 sliced ginger
1/2 cup sliced shallots
3 large dried New Mexico chiles seeded, cut into segments
1 to 2 tablespoons chile flakes
3 to 4 fresh cardamon
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

In a large pot, put your chicken thighs, salt, fish sauce, sugar and coconut milk. Let boil, around 10-15 minutes.
Make your khao soi paste: start by heating a small pan or wok and toast your sliced garlic, ginger, shallots and chiles. For the chiles, slice, seed and roughly chop. Dry cook/roast these on medium heat until browned and soft, around 15 minutes. Transfer everything to a food processor or blender with turmeric powder, chile powder, cardamom, salt and oil and blend to make a paste. You can add a little bit of oil or water extra, but not too much since you do want this super thick.
When the paste is ready, add 4-5 tablespoons to the pot (add more or less depending on desired heat, I like mine HOT). Add in your remaining turmeric powder and chile powder. Add in about 1 or 2 cups water and let simmer. I also added some sesame oil as well, about 1-2 tablespoons. Feel free to add more water as well if it get’s too thick.
Once simmering, get your noodles ready. Take a little bit to the side to fry for the toppings and boil your water and cook the noodles according the the package instructions. To fry your noodles, heat vegetable oil and 1 tsp of sesame oil until really hot, add the noodles and fry 1-2 minutes on each side, set aside.
Once noodles are cooked and the soup is boiled through and chicken is tender, start to spoon your soup into bowls, this will make about 3-4 bowls. Add the noodles and your toppings – fried noodles, limes, chile flakes, bean sprouts, cilantro and shallots. + Enjoy!

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