Chicken Tom Kha Soup with Wide Brown Rice Noodles & Lemongrass

Serving size

1 person 2 people 4 people

Ingredients

10g chicken stock powder (use half)

(Chicken Stock Powder(Chicory Extract, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion Powder, Chicken Stock Powder, Rapeseed Oil), Cornflour)
150g British Free Range chicken thighs (use half)
1 tbsp chilli paste (use half)

(Red Chillies, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt)
1 tbsp tamari (use half) (Soya)

(water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
100g wide brown rice noodles (use half)

(brown rice flour (84%), water)
15ml hot honey (use half)

(honey, chilli extract)
2 tsp tamarind paste (use half)

(tamarind paste, spirit vinegar, water, salt)
2 tsp lemongrass purée (use half)

(lemongrass, water, acidity regulator: citric acid, cornflour)
40g creamed coconut (use half)
1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
110g baby tomatoes (use half)
120g chestnut mushrooms (use half)

Allergens

Contains: Soya

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	171Kcal	525Kcal
	716kJ	2198kJ
Fat	7.8g	24g
of which saturates	4.7g	14g
Carbohydrates	18g	56g
of which sugars	4.5g	14g
Protein	7.6g	23g
Salt	0.82g	2.5g
Fibre	2.7g	8.3g

Ingredients

120g chestnut mushrooms
110g baby tomatoes
1 handful of fresh coriander
10g chicken stock powder

(Chicory Extract, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion Powder, Chicken Stock Powder, Rapeseed Oil.)
15ml hot honey

(honey, chilli extract)
2 tsp lemongrass purée

(lemongrass, water, acidity regulator: citric acid, cornflour)
2 tsp tamarind paste

(tamarind paste, spirit vinegar, water, salt)
40g creamed coconut
100g wide brown rice noodles

(brown rice flour (84%), water)
1 tbsp chilli paste

(Red Chillies, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt)
1 tbsp tamari (Soya)

(water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
300g British Free Range chicken thighs

Allergens

Contains: Soya

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	168Kcal	641Kcal
	702kJ	2683kJ
Fat	7.9g	30g
of which saturates	4.3g	16g
Carbohydrates	14g	55g
of which sugars	3.7g	14g
Protein	10g	39g
Salt	0.77g	3.0g
Fibre	2.4g	9.3g

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Chicken Tom Kha Soup with Wide Brown Rice Noodles & Lemongrass

Prep time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Cuisine: Thai

Food group: Poultry

A Tom Kha soup on your table in 20 mins? You're a kitchen wizard! Our version of this Thai crowd-pleaser stars free-range British chicken thigh, simmering in a silky coconut soup, infused with fragrant lemongrass and tangy tamarind. Ladle over noodles and garnish with fresh-cut coriander, and you're ready to dig in!

Cooking Instructions

The protein cooking time listed in this recipe has been updated.

As of December 2025, we've revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.

Before you start

Pull out a large saucepan, a medium saucepan, a measuring jug & a sieve

Prep time

Thinly slice the mushrooms. Halve the tomatoes. Roughly chop the coriander. Dice the chicken into 3cm pieces

Build the tom kha soup

Heat the large saucepan pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and mushrooms and cook for 4 mins, until golden. Season with salt and pepper
Add 500ml water (250ml for 1 person), the stock powder, hot honey, lemongrass puree, tamari, creamed coconut, tamarind paste, tomatoes and chilli paste (for those who'd like the heat). Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins, until the chicken is cooked through

Cook the noodles

Meanwhile, bring the medium saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the noodles, gently separate with a fork and simmer for 6-7 mins, until cooked. Drain, then rinse under cold water

Plate up

Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear
Stir half the coriander through the broth and season to taste with salt and pepper
Share the noodles between bowls, then pour over the coconut chicken broth. Garnish with the remaining coriander