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Thai Green Chicken Soup with Rice Noodles

Chicken thigh simmered in green curry paste, reduced-fat coconut milk and stock, over rice noodles and pak choi. 35 g of protein for 501 kcal.

Calories
501kcal
Protein
35g
Fat
22g
Carbs
38g

Per serving, makes 2. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

  • Fish
  • Crustaceans
  • Celery
  • Most Thai pastes contain shrimp paste and fish sauce. Vegan pastes exist and carry neither.
  • Nearly every stock cube and pot lists celery. Home-made stock without it carries no flag.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

  • Chicken thigh, skinless and boneless300 g

    Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.

  • Thai green curry paste2 tbsp, about 30 g
  • Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned400 ml (one tin)
  • Chicken stock500 ml

    Made up from a cube or a pot.

  • Cooked rice noodles240 g

    Cooked weight, after soaking.

  • Pak choi150 g
  • Fish sauce1 tsp, about 5 g
  • Lime juiceJuice of one
  • Fresh corianderA handful

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Method

  1. Fry the curry paste in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute, stirring, until it darkens and smells toasted.

  2. Add the coconut milk and stock, bring to a simmer, then add the chicken thighs cut into strips. Cook for ten minutes until no pink shows when you cut the thickest piece.

  3. Add the pak choi, quartered lengthways, for the last three minutes.

  4. Take off the heat and add the fish sauce and lime. Divide the noodles between two bowls, ladle over and finish with coriander.

Worth knowing

  • Reduced-fat coconut milk is 73 kcal per 100 ml against about 170 for the full-fat tin, which is a 190 kcal difference per bowl here. The paste and the fish sauce carry the flavour, so the swap costs little.
  • Thigh over breast on purpose. It stays soft through ten minutes of simmering, where breast would need watching.

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