Low-Carb Tom Kha Noodle Bowls

Tom Kha Gai (aka Thai Chicken Coconut Soup) is one of my favorite soups and these Keto Tom Kha Noodle Bowls do not disappoint!

Tangy, creamy, and just a touch spicy this soup is packed with fragrant ingredients like lemongrass, fresh ginger, and kaffir lime leaves. If you can’t find lime leaves, feel free to sub in a few tablespoons of fresh lime juice and maybe a pinch of lime zest. If you also can’t find wild Asian mushrooms, you can even use button or cremini mushrooms.

Traditional Tom Kha soup uses galangal but we simply used ginger root because it's more common and easy to find in almost any grocery store. If you want to make your Tom Kha authentic and don't mind the extra trip to an Asian market, swap the ginger for galangal root.

This tasty Thai soup recipe makes four generous servings that can be served as mains, or up to eight smaller servings that can be served as appetizers. It can be made on the stove top or even in an Instant Pot if you've got one.

Finally, don’t skip the toppings. A crunch of a serrano and a drizzle of chili oil give this spicy Thai soup a nice kick!

Step-by-step

1. Using the back of a knife, lightly smash lemongrass and ginger. Cut the lemongrass into 10 cm/ 4” pieces.

   

2. Place the lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, and broth in a large pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce heat to a simmer for 10 minutes. Strain out the solids.

   

3. Add chicken and mushrooms, simmer for 25 minutes then add in coconut milk, fish sauce, and erythritol.

   

4. Divide prepared noodles between 4 bowls and ladle the soup over the top. You can follow this guide to prepare the shirataki noodles but you can leave out the dry cooking on a pan because that is recommended for stir-fries.

   

5. Serve with fresh chiles or chili oil, cilantro, and lime wedges. Eat warm or let it cool down and store for up to 4 days.

   

Recipe

Low-Carb Tom Kha Noodle Bowls

★★★★★4.8 (15 ratings)

This Tom Kha Gai (aka Thai Chicken Coconut Soup) is a simple delicious recipe packed with flavor from ...

Hands on

10m

Overall

45m

Servings

4

7.6 g

Net carbs

31 g

Protein

46.6 g

Fat

559

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Ingredients makes 4 servings

• 2.5 cm (1 inch) piece ginger, crushed
• 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, crushed
• 6 cups chicken broth or bone broth (1.4 l)
• 10 kaffir lime leaves
• 450 g boneless, skinless chicken thighs, chopped (1 lb)
• 4 cups wild mushrooms such as enoki, oyster or shiitake (225 g/ 8 oz)
• 1 can full-fat coconut milk (400 ml/ 13.5 oz)
• 2 tbsp fish sauce (30 ml)
• Optional: 1 tbsp Erythritol or Swerve (10 g/ 0.4 oz)
• 1 package Shirataki noodles, drained (200 g/ 7 oz)
• sea salt, to taste
• Optional: serve with sliced chiles or chili oil, cilantro and lime wedges

Instructions

1. Using the back of a knife, lightly smash lemongrass and ginger. Cut the lemongrass into 10 cm/ 4” pieces.

2. Place the lemongrass, ginger, lime leaves, and broth in a large pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce heat to a simmer for 10 minutes. Strain out the solids.

3. Add chicken and mushrooms, simmer for 25 minutes then add in coconut milk, fish sauce, and erythritol.

4. Divide prepared noodles between 4 bowls and ladle the soup over the top. You can follow this guide to prepare the shirataki noodles but you can leave out the dry cooking on a pan because that is recommended for stir-fries.

5. Serve with fresh chiles or chili oil, cilantro, and lime wedges. Eat warm or let it cool down and store for up to 4 days.

Nutrition per serving, about 2 cups/ 480 ml

Carbs 5%Protein 22%Fat 73% of calories

Net carbs

7.6 g

Total carbs

9.8 g

Fiber

2.2 g

Sugars

1.7 g

Protein

31 g

Fat

46.6 g

Saturated fat

26.9 g

Calories

559 kcal

Sodium

1,124 mg · 48.9% RDA

Magnesium

106 mg · 26.4% RDA

Potassium

987 mg · 49.3% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per about 2 cups/ 480 ml	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Ginger root, fresh	0.5 g	0.1 g	0 g	2
Lemongrass, fresh	0.9 g	0.1 g	0 g	4
Chicken stock (broth), chicken only, homemade	0 g	7.2 g	7.2 g	94
Lime leaf, dried	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Chicken thighs, boneless, skin-on, raw	0 g	20 g	18.6 g	246
Shiitake mushrooms, raw	2.4 g	1.3 g	0.3 g	19
Coconut milk (full-fat, unsweetened)	2.7 g	1.9 g	20.4 g	188
Fish sauce	0.3 g	0.5 g	0 g	3
Shirataki noodles	0.8 g	0 g	0.1 g	2
Salt, sea salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Total	7.6 g	31 g	46.6 g	559

Serving size about 2 cups/ 480 ml

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nut free
• Pork free
• Avocado free
• Shellfish free