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Golden Coconut Noodle Soup with Queso Fresco

A turmeric-gold curried coconut broth with tender red potatoes and carrots, slurpable rice noodles and soft, milky cubes of warm queso fresco brightened with lime and cilantro.

Golden Coconut Noodle Soup with Queso Fresco

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp15 gCanola oil
  • 1 medium110 gYellow oniondiced
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gFresh gingergrated
  • 1½ tbsp8 gCurry powder
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround turmeric
  • 2½ medium150 gCarrotssliced into thin coins
  • 2 small300 gRed potatoescut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 4 cups880 gVegetable broth
  • 1¾ cups400 gCoconut milk, cannedstirred smooth
  • 6 oz170 gRice noodles, dry
  • 3⅓ cups loosely packed100 gBaby spinach
  • 2½ cups crumbled300 gQueso frescocut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • ⅔ cup chopped10 gFresh cilantrochopped

Steps

  1. Before cooking, dice the onion, mince the garlic, grate the ginger, slice the carrot, cube the red potatoes, cube the queso fresco and chop the cilantro. Keep the queso fresco in the fridge until the end.
  2. Heat the canola oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft.
  3. Stir in the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute until fragrant, then add the curry powder and turmeric and stir for 30 seconds to toast.
  4. Add the carrot, red potatoes and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, partly covered, for 12 to 15 minutes until the potatoes are just tender.
  5. Stir in the coconut milk and return to a gentle simmer.
  6. Add the rice noodles, pushing them under the broth, and simmer for 4 to 6 minutes, stirring now and then, until tender.
  7. Stir in the spinach until wilted, then take the pot off the heat.
  8. Gently fold in the queso fresco and let it sit in the hot broth for 2 minutes to warm through and soften.
  9. Stir in the lime juice, ladle into bowls and top with the cilantro.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy vegetable broth labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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