Craving healthy Thai food without all the sugar and carbs? This rich and spicy low carb soup recipe will warm you up.
Is it possible to be addicted to a kitchen gadget? I don’t mean addicted to kitchen gadgets in general; that’s a pretty common addiction, especially among the food blogger set. I readily admit that I am among the many hordes and hordes of home cooks afflicted with “kitchen gadgetitis”, the compulsive purchasing of interesting new kitchen gadgets, despite overflowing drawers and shelves. Chances are, a great many of you have this same affliction. It’s a disease, my friends, and it isn’t your fault. The first step in getting help is admitting you have a problem. Unless you don’t want help and are perfectly happy with the status quo. I certainly don’t want help. I want to enjoy the pretty, shiny new gadgets in all their kitchen-y glory. And then I want to go buy some more.
But this time, I wonder if it’s possible to become addicted to one single kitchen gadget? The sort of thing where it’s so fun to use, you find yourself making excuses to use it over and over again. You really don’t need to use it in the recipe you’re planning to make for dinner, but you go ahead and do it anyway. Because you just want to see it in action one more time. And then one more time after that. And maybe just one more and then you will stop. You swear you will stop. But you don’t, you can’t, it’s just too fun to use!
I’d say that if any kitchen gadget could inspire addiction like this, the Spiralizer would probably rank at the top of the list. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever stood there at your kitchen counter turning the crank and watching the fun noodle-shaped veggie slices that result. You do one zucchini and get quite a giggle out of it, especially the somewhat phallic-looking zucchini core that results. Then you do another zuke, and another, and soon you have a huge pile of spirally low carb zucchini noodles taking over your counter. But you can’t stop, won’t stop, because it’s simply too much fun. You find yourself eyeing every fruit and vegetable in the house, wondering how that would fare on your spiral cutter. Really, it’s a sickness.
Don’t have a spiral cutter yet? Well, it just so happens that when The Low Carb Test Kitchen Facebook page reaches 5000 (and it’s really, REALLY close), I will be giving one away over there. If you haven’t check out our fun page for sharing tons of great low carb recipes, head on over and give us a “like”.
Or if you simply want to make this soup without one, you can. Just julienne your zucchini into long thin strips or into matchsticks. They may not be all spirally but it will still taste great!
Paleo Thai Chicken Zoodle Soup
Craving healthy Thai food without all the sugar and carbs? This rich and spicy low carb soup will warm you up.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 onion,chopped
- 1 jalapeño, chopped
- 1 1/2 tbsp green curry paste
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups chicken bone broth such as Pacific Foods
- 1 15-ounce can coconut milk, full fat
- 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 pound chicken breasts or thighs, thinly sliced against the grain
- 2 tbsp fish sauce (use Red Boat for paleo)
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 medium zucchini, spiralized
- 1 lime cut into 8 wedges
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, heat coconut oil over medium heat until melted and shimmering. Add onions and sauté until just translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in jalapeño, curry paste and garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chicken broth and coconut milk, whisking until fully combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and add red pepper, chicken and fish sauce. Let simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Stir in cilantro.
- Divide zoodles among 8 soup bowls and ladle soup over; the heat of the soup will make the zoodles tender. If you are not serving it all at once, only use enough zoodles for each bowl of soup you are serving. The rest will keep well in a covered container for a day.
- Serve each with a squeeze of lime.
Recipe Notes
Serves 8. Each serving has 8.91 g of carbs and 1.62 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 7.29 g.
Food energy: 271kcal Saturated fatty acids: 12.49g Total fat: 14.92g Calories from fat: 134 Cholesterol: 51mg Carbohydrate: 8.91g Total dietary fiber: 1.62g Protein: 24.42g Sodium: 837mg
I just made zucchini noodles last night! I am addicted to my spiral cutter too, so I’m thrilled to see another recipe where I can use them. FYI – I tried “noodling” eggplant and it didn’t work at all with the tool I have – too fibrous, I think.
Good to know. Have you tried rutabaga or turnip? I did a small rutabaga once and then fried the noodles. They were tasty…not exactly crisp but really tasty!
I have not tried those – I’ll consider rutabaga, but turnip and I are no longer on speaking terms. 🙂
Uh oh! What did turnip do to you???
It tricked me into eating it then gave me acid reflux. Bad turnip.
Ah…nasty sneaky turnip!
What cutter do u have? I got one and it didn’t wk at all:(
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KOWGZJE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00KOWGZJE&linkCode=as2&tag=aldaidrabfo05-20&linkId=TRKRGBJIZ4U3JYNJ
Looks delicious, can’t wait to try it!
Also FYI: the serving size says ‘1 cupcake’! 😉
Must have been auto-correct. Off to fix it!
This looks great – I have a spiraler I have not used yet (sigh) – perfect initiation! I assume the serving size if 1 cup approx? With 8 cups yield?
Yep, 1 cup.
Great recipe! I love everything about this.
Shoveled about 8 inches of snow off my driveway today & was thinking about a nice hot soup for supper. Anything Thai or anything curry is always a winner!
Carolyn, I love my spiralizer!!! and love your paleo/low carb spin on one of my favorite Asian soups!! love the green curry paste!
Great and healthy recipes. xo Catherine
Do you think this would freeze well?
Yes, but I wouldn’t put the zucchini noodles in until you’ve rewarmed it. They are best put in fresh or they will get soggy.
I just ordered a spiral vegi slicer from amazon on Friday. This soup sounds wonderful can’t wait to try it, I love spicy. Thanks for your inspiration.
I must chime in here because turnip is my friend. You just have to treat it first and then it’s close to a potato. Parboil the turnip in water and milk ( I use cream ) for a few minutes. continue cooking in your recipe and it is wonderful low carb eating – lower than rutabaga I think.
I made this soup on Friday after viewing it on Pinterest. Very easy to follow recipe! I was able to make it even more simple by using pre-cut rotisserie chicken from my local supermarket. Thank you for sharing and curbing my Thai food cravings!
Glad to hear it!
Mmmm… This was so good!
Though maybe I’m not so good at portion control – we ate it in about 4-5 servings. I would’ve been really hungry still with half the amount. I used light coconut milk because that’s what I had on hand, so maybe that balanced it out a bit 🙂
Light coconut milk would be a lot less satisfying and filling so yes, I can see that!
Hi Carolyn, Just made this today – we’re getting buried in snow here in Southern Ontario – and it was absolutely delicious! One small modification: since I follow a ketogenic diet I wanted to reduce the carb load. I substituted Shirataki/Miracle Noodles (Fettucini) for the zucchini and cut the carbs down to 3 (ECC) per serving. Bonus is that these will never get soggy so I froze the other servings.
Apologies to all those who are hoping to use their spiralizer….
Linda
Hi there,
Just letting you know that I featured this recipe in my Deliciously Healthy Low-Carb Recipes round-up from last month. (Also your slow cooker meatloaf!) I hope a lot of my readers will come over here and check it out, great recipe!
Thanks, Kalyn!
I love this recipe. I’ve made it twice in 2 weeks. Addicted.
We had this for dinner tonight and honestly we all agreed it was one of the best soups we have ever had! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
This soup is so yummy! I made it for dinner tonight. My husband and I had multiple bowls. It wasn’t too spicy for my kids, either. I will definitely be keeping this in my Paleo recipe arsenal!
Thai always intrigues me but have been afraid that it would be too spicy. Finally dove in with this recipe and LOVE it! The green curry is mild and love all the other ingredients as well, using rotisserie chicken and homemade broth.
Made this soup today and tried out my new spiralizer. The soup is yummy and I LOVE my new spiralizer!!
Do you think I could use the red curry paste instead of the green?
Sure!
I just made this soup using chicken thighs and love it! Will use someone else’s idea and get a rotisserie for next time. Not a big deal, but my coconut milk seems to have separated. Any idea why? It just kinda sits on top until I mix it in but separates again pretty quickly.
I just found this recipe this morning, and made it for lunch just now (after a trip to the store). I was craving soup, and this looked great. Plus, I had the zucchini noodler gadget, and I had only used it once, with disappointing results due to an “eh” recipe.
All ingredients for this soup were easy to get, and this recipe was easy to make. The “Red Boat” fish sauce was $14 at Whole Foods, and I wasn’t that committed. I bought a much smaller bottle for $2-3. I left out the cilantro due to my personal aversion, and I didn’t miss it. I’d probably chop some on the side for my husband, though.
I added a pinch of sea salt.
End result: This was really, really good! So glad I tried it. I like more of a kick to my food, and this recipe is incredibly mild. I’d probably add some red Thai peppers, or a solid habenero next time. I will be keeping this recipe and making it again!
I am so glad you tried it too!
I made this yesterday and it came out great. I added a little more green curry than the recipe calls for and I added a little season salt. I also cooked the chicken separately (with a little salt and pepper) and added it to the mixture. I like food super flavorful so I modified it a bit. Thanks for the recipe. It was awesome.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I’m new to cooking and found this very easy to follow. Also the ingredients weren’t hard to find. I devoured my bowl so fast and it made my sore throat (a bad cold I have) feel so much better. Next time I will add a bit more coconut milk since I only had 13.5 ounce can (it was still perfectly yummy). I also added baby mushrooms, green onions and 2tbsp of the curry paste instead of just 1 1/2 tbsp. I seasoned my chicken breast also before adding with poultry seasoning. Thank you so much. Can’t wait to make this with shrimp next time for my boyfriend.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you have a good quality small spiralizer that you recommend? I used to have the big one you linked to but it was just a hassle and bulk for my small house. I saw this one below but it seems kinda dangerous for kids..are they all that way? my kids always enjoyed using the big one.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CA6R4RS?psc=1
I do still use the Paderno one but I hear good things about this little one too http://amzn.to/2mFNngA
I am not a fan of Thai food, but thought I would try this anyway. It was delicious! My daughter is on chemo, and she also loved it.
I am so glad to hear it hit the spot, especially for someone who is going through chemo.