Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Soup
Customize this Thai-inspired soup recipe to your heart's content using any kind of fresh vegetables. You can even add rice, rice noodles, zucchini noodles, or curry paste to make it more substantial or give it different flavor!
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 588kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 to 1.5 lbs chicken thighs
- ½ yellow onion finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 (15-oz) can full-fat coconut milk
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 Tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp fresh ginger peeled and grated
- 2 cups mushrooms chopped
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 1 medium-sized zucchini chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 2 to 3 Tbsp tapioca flour optional*
- 1 lime zested
- 2 Tbsp lime juice
- ½ tsp sea salt to taste
For Serving:
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 bunch green onions chopped
Instructions
- Add the chicken thighs, chopped onion, minced garlic, canned coconut milk, chicken broth, coconut aminos, fish sauce, and grated ginger (everything except for the vegetables) to your crock pot.
- Secure the lid on the crock pot and cook for 2 hours on high heat. Stir in the chopped mushrooms, carrot, zucchini, and red pepper (or veggies of choice), and tapioca flour (or thickener of choice) and cook for another 1 hour on high heat.
- Remove the chicken thighs from the slow cooker using tongs and transfer them to a cutting board. Shred the chicken using two forks, and transfer it back to the crock pot.
- Stir in the lime zest and lime juice. Taste the soup for flavor and add sea salt to your personal taste.
- Serve soup in big bowls with fresh cilantro and/or chopped green onions if you like them.
- Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Notes
*Tapioca flour is used to thicken the soup. You can also use gluten-free all-purpose flour, arrowroot flour, or a cornstarch slurry.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving (of 4) | Calories: 588kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 181mg | Sodium: 1200mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g