Slow Cooker Thai Coconut and Butternut Squash Soup

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    8hrs 50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    483

A simple sweet and creamy soup with the punchy Thai flavors of galangal and red curry paste. This slow-cooked version is silky and smooth with a hint of coconut.

recipe updated Feb 25, 2022

Ingredients

  • Onion icon
    Onion
    1
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Butternut squash icon
    Butternut squash
    1
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro
    2 sprigs
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    1 tablespoon
  • Thai red curry paste icon
    Thai red curry paste
    4 teaspoons
  • Galangal icon
    Galangal
    1 teaspoon
  • Coconut cream icon
    Coconut cream
    240 ml
  • Vegetable stock icon
    Vegetable stock
    720 ml
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Stick blender
  • kCook icon Slow cooker
  • kCook icon Large cast iron skillet
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Slow cooker bowl

Step preview

  1. Heat sunflower oil on a clean large cast iron skillet over medium heat
  2. Add onion and fry until softened
  3. Add Thai red curry paste, galangal and garlic clove
  4. Cook while stirring occasionally - 1 min
  5. Add butternut squash
  6. Pour coconut cream and vegetable stock
  7. Add soy sauce and salt & pepper
  8. Stir while bringing to a boil
  9. Transfer soup to the slow cooker bowl and cook until tender - 8 hr, low heat
  10. Purée with stick blender
  11. Stir cilantro into the slow cooker bowl
  12. Ladle soup into medium bowl
  13. Garnish with cilantro
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