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    Home / Recipes / Soups / Thai Coconut Curry Chicken Soup

    Thai Coconut Curry Chicken Soup

    April 4, 2019 by Keto Cooking Christian 39 Comments

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    Classic Thai chicken flavored with coconut, shiitake mushrooms with special little spicy kick from red curry makes this one delicious soup!

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    If you like Thai food, you have got to try this soup!  I shred chicken breast, add red pepper, shiitake mushrooms, coconut milk and Thai red curry paste to make this dish super flavorful.  It takes a few steps, but it's really worth the effort. 

    This Low Carb soup only takes 30 minutes from start to finish and has quickly become a favorite of mine!  

    It has a little spicy kick from the curry, which you can adjust the amount if you'd like.

    This soup is absolutely packed with Asian flavor, not to mention, just look at those gorgeous colors!

    This would be a beautiful and tasty soup to serve as an appetizer at your next dinner party or family get together. But it's certainly hearty enough to serve as a complete meal.

    What's in Thai Curry Coconut Soup

    • Chicken breasts
    • Chicken stock
    • Shiitake mushrooms
    • Unsweetened full fat coconut milk
    • Zucchini
    • Red pepper
    • Fish sauce
    • Lemongrass
    • Red curry paste
    • Scallions
    • Fresh ginger
    • Garlic clove
    • Lime
    • Cilantro
    • Grass-fed butter
    • Keto friendly mild flavored oil

    *Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.

    How to Make Keto Thai Coconut Curry Soup

    You'll start by poaching 2 chicken breasts in chicken stock until tender.

    Continue by shredding the cooked chicken breasts.  

    You can certainly use shredded rotisserie chicken instead, if you'd like.

    When selecting rotisserie chicken, be sure and look at the label for added sugar or other ingredients that aren't recommended for those on Keto or low carb diets.

    Take the piece of lemongrass and hit it a few times with the back of your knife.  This will release the flavor into the soup, which really adds so much!

    Heat a large pot to medium, add in the butter and oil and sauté the mushrooms and red pepper for a few minutes.  

    Add in the ginger and garlic, sauté for about 20 seconds, then stir in the curry paste and allow to toast for 10 seconds.

    Deglaze the pan with the chicken stock (I used the remaining poaching stock, along with more chicken stock). Add in the coconut milk, chicken, lime juice/zest, fish sauce, lemongrass and scallions. Simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered.

    Add in the zucchini and allow to cook 5 more minutes or until tender.

    Discard the lemongrass, garnish with fresh cilantro and serve with a squeeze of lime!

    Store leftovers in the fridge for a few days.

    Can I Freeze Keto Chicken Curry Soup?

    You sure can! Once it has finished cooling to room temp, just place it in a air tight container and place it in the freezer for up to a couple of months.

    If you like the Thai red curry flavor, be sure to also try this Keto Salmon Coconut Curry or this Thai Marinated Flank Steak with a tasty Low Carb Peanut Dipping Sauce!

    What is Curry? Is Curry Spicy?

    Curry is basically a term used to describe Asian cuisine seasoned with a mixture of spices along with curry powder or curry paste. Curry typically has a bit of a bite because of the red peppers and chilies used to make the curry paste or powder.

    If you don't like too much spice, you can reduce the red curry down in this Keto Curry Soup to just 1 tablespoon. It'll still have tremendous flavor, but will be a bit milder.

    Are There Carbs in Keto Chicken Curry Soup?

    So many assume you can't enjoy the traditional Asian flavors of Curry Coconut Soup. That's not the case with this Keto version, because there're only 6 net carbs per serving! How great is that?

    Are Mushrooms Keto?

    There are only about 4 net carbs per ½ cup serving of shiitake mushrooms. But, it's not just the low carbs that make them great for Keto, they are nutritious too!

    Mushrooms are mild in flavor and take on the flavor of whatever you season them with and can be a wonderful vessel for healthy fats, such as olive oil, cheeses, even butter.

    More Asian Low Carb Recipes

    • Lime Cilantro Cauliflower Rice
    • Thai Red Coconut Curry Pork
    • Egg Roll in a Bowl
    • Easy Stir Fry Pork
    • Pork Fried Cauliflower Rice
    • Bang Bang Salmon Cakes
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    Thai Coconut Curry Chicken Soup - Keto and Low Carb

    Thai Coconut Curry Chicken Soup

    Classic Thai chicken soup flavored coconut, shiitake mushrooms and a spicy kick from red curry!
    5 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Author: Julianne
    Course: Soup
    Calories: 223
    Servings: 6

    INGREDIENTS

    • 12 ounces chicken breast, shredded
    • 6 cups chicken stock
    • 5 ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced
    • 13.5 ounce can unsweetened full fat coconut milk
    • 1 small zucchini, sliced into half moons
    • ½ cup red pepper, sliced into thin strips
    • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
    • 2" piece lemongrass
    • 2 tablespoons red curry paste
    • 1 tablespoon scallions, thinly sliced
    • 2 teaspoons ginger, grated
    • 1 clove garlic, minced
    • zest and juice of 1 lime
    • 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • Keto friendly mild flavored oil

    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Prepare the chicken by shredding cooked chicken breast.  I poached 2 chicken breasts in chicken stock, then shredded. You can certainly use shredded rotisserie chicken instead, if you'd like.
    • Take the piece of lemongrass and hit it a few times with the back of your knife.  This will release the flavor into the soup, which really adds so much!
    • Heat a large pot to medium, add in the butter and oil and sauté the mushrooms and red pepper for a few minutes.  Add in the ginger and garlic, sauté for about 20 seconds, then stir in the curry paste and allow to toast for 10 seconds.
    • Deglaze the pan with the chicken stock (I used the remaining poaching stock, along with more chicken stock).  Add in the coconut milk, chicken, lime juice/zest, fish sauce, lemongrass and scallions.  
    • Simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered. Add in the zucchini and allow to cook 5 more minutes or until tender. Discard the lemongrass, garnish with fresh cilantro and serve with a squeeze of lime! Store leftovers in the fridge for a few days or freeze.

    RECIPE NOTES

    If you don't like too much spice, you can reduce the red curry down to just 1 tablespoon.  The soup will still have tremendous flavor, but will be a bit milder.
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    Nutrition Facts
    Thai Coconut Curry Chicken Soup
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 223 Calories from Fat 117
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 13g20%
    Saturated Fat 10g63%
    Carbohydrates 8g3%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 17g34%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    *Nutritional data is provided as a courtesy and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. You can verify it using the nutrition calculator of your choice. All data is based on net carbs, without sugar alcohol- Swerve/Erythritol, Allulose, or Monk Fruit.

    NOTE: Recipes using Swerve/Erythritol can be substituted 1:1 with a Monk fruit/Allulose blend.

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    1. Sally

      January 22, 2023 at 6:29 am

      Any subs for zucchini? I am not crazy about it.

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        January 27, 2023 at 5:48 pm

        You can just omit the zucchini.

        Reply
    2. Alex raets

      October 02, 2022 at 7:25 pm

      5 stars
      THE BEST EVER !!! Nothing more needs to b said

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        October 03, 2022 at 10:42 am

        Thanks so much for the glowing review and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

        Reply
      • McKinley

        January 02, 2023 at 11:27 pm

        5 stars
        The best coconut curry soup I've found. FULL of flavor! I used a little less chicken stock in mine, around 4 cups because that's how we like it, a bit more curry like than soup. But this is a save and repeat

        Reply
        • Keto Cooking Christian

          January 03, 2023 at 8:24 am

          Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed it.

    3. Kathleen

      October 02, 2022 at 6:09 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely loved this! Definitely added more curry paste, but I like it hot!

      Do you think I could you use pork instead of chicken? and replace the chicken broth with vegetables broth?

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        October 06, 2022 at 9:16 am

        I tend to like things more spicy too and yes, pork would definitely work, as would vegetable broth!

        Reply
    4. Cheryl Ann

      September 13, 2022 at 7:42 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe is perfect!! Delicious, warming, quick to make, and easy to alter. I left out the mushrooms and added finely diced cauliflower. Increased the garlic and curry paste a bit because I love them. I used diced baked chicken, since I had some already cooked.

      Seriously wonderful. I could see adding different veggies depending on what I have in the fridge. This is my new favourite go to.

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        October 06, 2022 at 9:17 am

        I'm so happy you loved it!

        Reply
    5. Andrea

      August 10, 2022 at 2:25 pm

      Very good! I replaced the chicken with shrimp. Added crushed red pepper flakes for even more heat. And I also used lemon grass paste since my grocery store doesn't carry fresh. It was so amazing!

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        August 11, 2022 at 9:55 am

        So glad you liked! It's one of my favorite soups.

        Reply
    6. Esmee

      July 24, 2022 at 7:20 pm

      5 stars
      LOVE this recipe and have been making it since I first saw it on your site. Some of the instructions were confusing/missing (like where to put the lemongrass and when to add back all the vegetables and chicken), but I guessed and it still came out so well. Extra curry paste works really well, too. And fresh wedges of lime. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        July 25, 2022 at 3:39 pm

        I am so happy you have been enjoying. I hate to hear that the instructions confused you. The lemongrass instructions are in the paragraph that states, "Deglaze the pan with the chicken stock (I used the remaining poaching stock, along with more chicken stock). Add in the coconut milk, chicken, lime juice/zest, fish sauce, lemongrass and scallions. Simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered." The veggies are shown in the photo with the instructions that say," Heat a large pot to medium, add in the butter and oil and sauté the mushrooms and red peppers for a few minutes." Please let me know that answers your questions. I agree about the adding extra curry paste sometimes...I love it too! 😊

        Reply
    7. Lacey

      July 30, 2021 at 8:30 pm

      5 stars
      Great recipe and glad it’s so easy to make! Any ideas how I can get it spicier? Love this soup! ❤️

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        July 31, 2021 at 11:42 am

        Thank you for the great review! You could possibly add more red curry paste to make it a little spicier. There are also several types of spicy peppers you could roast and add it this recipe.

        Reply
    8. Emily

      February 08, 2021 at 7:00 pm

      5 stars
      May I ask what is a serving size? I do not see that in the nutrition chart. This soup is very yummy. I made it twice already! Thank you.

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        February 12, 2021 at 10:54 am

        I don't have a measurement by cups, sorry.

        Reply
        • Emily

          February 12, 2021 at 4:04 pm

          Ok so what is serving size in whatever measurement you have? It doesn’t say anything about the serving size that I see. Maybe I’m just missing it.

      • Deborah

        March 01, 2022 at 5:58 pm

        The fish sauce has sugar in it. Is there a keto substitution?

        Reply
        • Keto Cooking Christian

          March 04, 2022 at 3:47 pm

          You could just leave it out. The fish sauce has less than one gram of sugar per tablespoon. This entire recipe only uses one tablespoon for 6 servings. It has very minimal carb impact if any.

    9. Lisa

      February 06, 2021 at 3:25 pm

      Can you use green curry paste?

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        February 12, 2021 at 10:55 am

        I've not tried before, but I think it would still be delicious.

        Reply
        • Kitten ninja

          June 10, 2022 at 2:21 pm

          I just made this and added a teaspoon of palm sugar to round out the flavor. I took a cooking class while in Thailand and I'm pretty sure they do in their Tom Kha Gai soup. I really like this recipe as I am currently doing Keto I hope it doesn't put me out of ketosis lol, it turned out great and easy to make. Thank you.

        • Keto Cooking Christian

          June 12, 2022 at 10:48 am

          I am so glad you enjoyed it. If your goal is to stay within 20-30 carbs a day, I would be careful using too much plan sugar, as one tbl has about 15 carbs. Since you only used 1 tsp for the whole recipe, it probably did not knock you out of ketosis.

    10. Kathy

      February 01, 2021 at 4:00 pm

      I'm making this tonight but I couldn't get red curry paste at the store, can I use curry powder?

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        February 01, 2021 at 5:07 pm

        It's actually not the same thing, sorry. I don't know of anything that would work as well, to be honest.

        Reply
    11. Virginia

      December 01, 2020 at 9:07 pm

      Where does it say Swerve in this recipe? It’s not in the ingredients...
      looks delicious and I’m going to try it today!

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        December 18, 2020 at 12:52 pm

        That was actually a typo, was supposed to say serve, not swerve. I use Swerve in my recipes so often, so I'm used to typing it out. I've corrected it, sorry for the confusion.

        Reply
    12. Laura Schiffman

      November 22, 2020 at 7:47 pm

      5 stars
      This was so good we loved it

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        November 26, 2020 at 10:36 am

        Awesome!

        Reply
    13. Daryl L Moorhead

      November 22, 2020 at 4:19 pm

      we are making this now so excited

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        November 26, 2020 at 10:37 am

        Yay, hope you enjoyed it!

        Reply
    14. Jennifer

      October 04, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      If someone in the house is allergic to fish/seafood, can we skip the fish sauce?

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        October 16, 2020 at 12:42 pm

        Yes, you sure can.

        Reply
    15. Angeline Cary

      September 18, 2020 at 6:49 pm

      5 stars
      excellent recipe. Very flavorful. My family loved it. Thank you

      Reply
      • Keto Cooking Christian

        September 22, 2020 at 6:26 pm

        Awesome, thanks for stopping by to let me know!

        Reply
      • Andrea

        August 10, 2022 at 2:22 pm

        Very good! I replaced the chicken with shrimp. It was amazing!

        Reply
        • Keto Cooking Christian

          August 11, 2022 at 9:55 am

          Great substitution!

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