Chicken noodle soup gets a laksa glow-up with this warming, spicy slow cooker recipe. With its tender shredded chicken, slurpy noodles and creamy curry broth, it’s a rich-tasting treat. And did I mention… there’s dumplings, too!
WATCH THIS RECIPE
Slow-cooker Chicken Laksa Noodle Soup
PREP TIME
10 minutes
COOK TIME
6 hours 30 minutes
SERVES
4
Ingredients
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tbsp Thai red curry paste
2 tbsp curry powder
8 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 whole chicken
1 x 400ml can (13.5 fl oz) coconut cream
400g (14 oz) egg noodles (or your choice of noodle)
16 store-bought dumplings
6 boiled eggs, to serve
roughly chopped coriander (cilantro), to serve
bean shoots, to serve
red chilli, finely sliced, to serve
Steps
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Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat. Add the curry paste and curry powder and cook, stirring, for a minute or until fragrant. Pour in 1 cup of the chicken stock and use your spoon to scrape up any bits from the bottom of the pan. Transfer to the bowl of a slow cooker
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Stir in the remaining stock, fish sauce and sugar. Add the chicken and cook for 6 hours on low.
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Transfer the cooked chicken to a tray and use forks to shred the meat. Set aside for later.
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Pour the broth out of the slow cooker bowl and into a saucepan. Add the coconut cream and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
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In the meantime, cook the noodles in boiling water and use tongs to transfer the noodles to serving bowls. Use the same water to cook the dumplings. Divide those among the serving bowls.
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Add the shredded chicken to the bowls. Ladle over the soup. Top with eggs, coriander, bean shoots and fresh chilli.
Goodness gracious me, perfection
My family have voted this laksa BEST IN SHOW. I have just served this beautiful gem for dinner. I am 78 and, if you can, imagine that my children and grandchildren have sampled the world’s culinary delights. All voted this recipe PERFECTION.
Perfect Recipe & So Easy
Lovely recipe I am making it the 2nd time now. Chicken perfectly cooked and still intact (I was worried about lifting it up thinking it was going to fall apart) perfect for when kids are at school and pre-making to cook for midday and ready by the time we come back from my teens piano lesson! Maybe I could try using green curry paste next time for a change.
Laksa
I’m so happy that I made this Laksa and it’s so delicious, loved by all.
Definitely will continue making it.