Thai Inspired Chicken Meatball Soup

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce provides umami flavor while being lower in calories.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

In a large bowl combine the ground chicken with panko crumbs, parmesan cheese, and 1 egg.

Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, grated fresh ginger, cilantro, green onions, and crushed garlic to the mixture.

Mix until smooth, then wet fingers with water to form 1-inch meatballs, making between 20 to 24 meatballs.

Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the meatballs on it.

While the meatballs are cooking in the oven, melt coconut oil in a large pot.

Add shallots, garlic, mushrooms, and bell pepper to the pot and cook for a few minutes.

Add red Thai curry paste and cook for another couple of minutes.

Pour in coconut milk and chicken broth, and bring the mixture to a simmer.

While the soup is coming to a simmer, cook the rice noodles separately.

Once the soup is simmering, turn off the heat and add lime juice and fresh baby spinach, stirring until the spinach is wilted.

To assemble the soup, place cooked rice noodles at the bottom of a bowl, ladle the red curry coconut soup over them, and top with meatballs.

Serve with a wedge of lime.

Cooking Techniques

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