Wonton Noodle Soup
This nourishing Wonton Noodle Soup is one of the easiest, soul-soothing recipes you will ever make. Imagine steaming bowls of bouncy noodles with juicy wontons in a warming flavour-packed broth. Yum!
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
For the soup:
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 x 400ml tin full-fat coconut milk
- 400 ml chicken stock
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 x dried noodle nests
- 8 x frozen wonton dumplings
- 2 pak choi washed and separated into leaves
To garnish:
- Spring onions finely chopped
- Crispy onions
- Fresh coriander leaves
- Chilli oil or peanut rayu
- Peanuts
- Lime
Instructions
- Heat the coconut oil in a large deep pan set over a medium heat. Add the curry paste and garlic and fry for a few minutes, stirring often, until the garlic is fragrant. Add the turmeric and cook for a further minute, stirring.
- Fry for a few minutes before adding the turmeric and frying for another minute.
- Pour in the coconut milk, followed by the stock. Stir in the sugar and fish sauce. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding more fish sauce or sugar, as needed.
- Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and cook the noodles and wontons according to packet instructions. Add the pak choi for the final 30 seconds. Drain well.
- Divide the noodles and wontons between 2 bowls. Ladle over the broth and top with the pak choi. Garnish with spring onions, crispy onions and fresh coriander. Drizzle with chilli oil or peanut rayu and serve sprinkled with peanuts and wedges of lime to squeeze over. Enjoy!
Notes
Noodles: you can use all sorts of dried noodles for this recipe; ramen, soba, buckwheat, egg and rice noodles are all delicious.
Make it plant-based: you can easily make this Wonton Noodle Soup suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Simply use a vegan fish sauce (like this Thai Taste Vegan Fish Sauce), vegan stock, vegan-friendly dumplings and noodles (e.g. not egg noodles). Also check that your Thai curry paste is vegan-friendly (some contain fish).