I’ve been finding myself turning to super-duper easy recipes that only require a few ingredients. And a few weeks ago I posted my Slow Cooker Thai Chicken recipe – which has become one of my top recipes pretty quickly – and so many of you messaged me to tell you made it and were obsessed with it.

It only has a few ingredients (basically chicken, coconut milk, chicken broth, red peppers, lime – those are the main players) and since I pretty much always have these in my house, I decided to whip up a batch but PLOT TWIST – I needed lunch in 10 minutes, not 10 hours.

Thai soup done in 20.

So I made soup. With frozen shrimp. And this is it – Easy Thai Shrimp Soup done in 20 minutes.

Thai food. Done in 20.

If I lived in Thailand I would probably gain 400 lbs. Not because Thai food is unhealthy – it’s definitely one of my fav healthy options when I go out to eat – but because I don’t think I would be able to stop eating?

Coconut. Lime. Ginger. Lemongrass. Mint. Cilantro. Anything with curry.

I could live off of these flavors for sure.

We’re keeping it simple, though. No wild and crazy ingredients. So if Thai food intimidates you,
this is a good place to start. It takes literally zero skill and you probably have the ingredients already (maybe not the frozen shrimp, but you should! – it’ on my list of foods to always have on hand for quick, healthy dinners.)

Also – the rice noodles were an afterthought and not necessary – you could double up on broccoli and/or red pepper to replace it. I’ve just been really into rice noodles lately.

Easy Thai Shrimp Soup

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb frozen shrimp, thawed
• 1 can full-fat coconut milk
• 4 c chicken broth
• 4 oz rice noodles
• 2 c frozen broccoli
• 2 limes
• Optional: chopped cilantro, a few dashes of fish sauce

Instructions

1. Heat a soup pot over medium-high heat, add coconut oil.
2. Add red peppers, saute until soft. Then add garlic and saute for 30 seconds.
3. Add shrimp and stir for another 30 seconds.
4. Add coconut milk and broth and bring to a boil. (careful – coconut milk boils over easily)
5. Add rice noodles and broccoli and simmer until noodles are done.