Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk {& Flu Fighter Stock}

This Thai Chicken Soup with coconut milk is the best natural flu fighter! Naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and loaded with so much delicious flavor!!

If you were tuned in on Monday, you know that I posted the recipe for the Flu Fighter Chicken Stock. This Thai Chicken Soup uses that stock as the base.

Now, if you are fighting the flu, you may not have the energy to get all creative and make something more sophisticated than just drinking that steamy Flu Fighter broth from a mug so let’s assume (and hope!) that you are on the mend or just preventing the sickness in the first place and have some energy to make this.

If neither is true and you don’t have the time or inclination to make the stock, substitute with your favorite high-quality store-bought broth or stock!

Don’t be intimidated by the list of ingredients – this soup comes together really quickly and is quite satisfying. Everyone in my family loved it, especially my almost 3 year old. You can do most of the prep in advance (the night before or morning) and save even more time.

NOTES:

• Even though I used Choy Sum in my version, I called for Baby Bok Choy. They are interchangeable and Choy Sum can be hard to get. With that being said, regular Bok Choy (or even Chinese Cabbage) would work just as well here.
• Have you heard of Maitake Mushrooms yet? They are supposed to be an excellent Immune System booster and are being studied for their potential cancer-fighting properties. You can even buy Maitake extract and supplements made from them. Now, as much as these mushrooms are praised for their healing properties, they are not always easy to find so I suggest substituting Shitake Mushrooms.

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Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

 

This Thai Chicken Soup with coconut milk is the best natural flu fighter! Naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and loaded with so much delicious flavor!!

Course: Soups

Cuisine: Thai

Keyword: flu fighter soup, Thai Chicken Soup, thai soup with coconut milk

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 161 kcal

Author: Alyssa Brantley

5 from 2 votes

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons organic coconut oil
• 1 pound baby bok choy*
• 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 inch piece ginger root peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 jalapeno seeds removed, quartered and thinly sliced
• 8 cups Flu Fighter Chicken Stock
• 2 cups cubed chicken breast
• 4 ounces maitake or shiitake mushrooms, stems trimmed and sliced into 1/4" pieces
• 14.5 ounce can light coconut milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sriracha
• handful of Thai basil leaves and/or Cilantro leaves roughly chopped
• 1 bunch of scallion greens thinly sliced
• 1 lime cut into wedges for serving

Instructions

PREP:

1. Begin by cleaning and chopping the Bok Choy (or Choy Sum if you can get it). Separate the whites and greens and thinly slice both.
2. Peel ginger (using spoon technique) and thinly slice. Slice jalapeno in half, carefully remove seeds (preferably in sink with gloves on), quarter and thinly slice.
3. Measure spices, stock, fish sauce and Sriracha. Open coconut milk. Rough chop your fresh herbs. Thinly slice scallion greens and cut lime into wedges.

COOK:

1. Heat a large soup pot over medium high heat. Once hot, add coconut oil and then chopped bok choy whites. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly and then add turmeric, cumin, sliced ginger and jalapeno. Continue cooking for 30 to 45 seconds, stirring constantly.
2. Pour in stock, raise heat to high and bring to a boil.
3. Once boiling, add cubed chicken breast, bok choy leaves and mushrooms. Cook for 2 minutes.
4. Remove pot from heat and stir in coconut milk, fish sauce, Sriracha, chopped scallion greens and cilantro/thai basil.
5. Serve hot with a lime wedge and Enjoy!

NOTES:

*I used Choy Sum but that is not easy to find, whites and greens separated and thinly sliced

Nutrition Facts

Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk

Amount Per Serving (2.5 Cups)

Calories 161 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 7g44%

Cholesterol 32mg11%

Sodium 546mg24%

Potassium 209mg6%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 11g22%

Vitamin A 3405IU68%

Vitamin C 41.4mg50%

Calcium 91mg9%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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