1995: Clueless was the movie, TLC was the band, The Soup Nazi made his debut on Seinfeld. I was only ten, but I learned very quickly that soup was important to living a happy and full life. Now that I’m 28 (plus a few extra months years), I’m still making soups that make life better. And life IS better with this pumpkin coconut curry soup with sweet potato noodles.
I looooooove making a batch of this soup and reheating it for easy lunches. Coconut curry has always been my jam, but adding pumpkin puree and sweet potato noodles? HELLO fall soup phenomenon! This was my first time making sweet potato noodles (and by ‘make’ I mean shoving them in a spiralizer and watching in awe), but it won’t be my last. I was so smitten by the process, I made extra. Those sweet spiral-y noods are sitting in my fridge, waiting for me to steam ’em and eat ’em Lady-and-the-Tramp-style with someone else who loves them just as much as I do.
Come to think of it, I loved these sweet potato noodles so much, I think I need to upgrade my spiralizer. I mean, these turned out fine, but I want GRAND root veggie noodles. I think I’ll add a new spiralizer to my Christmas list. Because making a fall-inspired soup gets me in the spirit of the holidays, which makes me want to start listening to Christmas music immediately after Halloween, which makes me hunt the leaked Black Friday ads, which makes me want to throw on a comfy sweater and online shop while I curl up to a bowl of pumpkin coconut curry soup with sweet potato noodles. FULL CIRCLE PEOPLE!
This soup only takes a few minutes of prep and a few more minutes on the stovetop. Yeah, MINUTES. Not all-day-in-your-crockpot or 43 steps of prepping and chopping. Just peel, spiral, combine, simmer, garnish. Bada bing, bada boom. It’s a great meal to create when you have all those extra cans of pumpkin you went crazy buying when you saw them make their debut on grocery shelves.
I garnished this pumpkin coconut curry soup with sweet potato noodles with fresh cilantro and pepitas (pumpkin seeds). The fresh bite of cilantro and crunch of the pepitas, combined with the hearty noodles and savory pumpkin puree with that sweet coconut cream is the perfect soup to warm up to this fall. Oh and you KNOW I got you covered with all whole30 compliant ingredients!
“But I love making soup that takes all day to cook!” said no one ever. But just in case you are the minority (because there is something to be said about having a pot of soup on the stove and letting the aroma fill your kitchen), try this Hearty Midwest Vegetable Stew. Or looking for a soup recipe in between ‘all day’ and ‘a few minutes’? This White Bean and Potato Salmon Chowder is for you!
What’s your favorite fall-inspired soup?
PrintPumpkin Coconut Curry with Sweet Potato Noodles

- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
- 1 can full-fat coconut milk
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon Thai red curry paste
- Juice of 1 small lime
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 heaping cup sweet potato noodles
Instructions
- Peel one large sweet potato and spiralize to make ‘noodles’
- Pour the chicken stock and coconut milk into a medium pot
- Add the pumpkin puree, curry paste, lime juice, ginger, and salt
- Mix well and bring to a boil
- Add the sweet potato noodles and turn heat down, bringing the mixture to a simmer
- Let simmer around 5 minutes, just until the sweet potato noodles start to soften. This may depend on the thickness of the noodle
- Garnish with fresh cilantro and pepitas
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Sweet potato noodles in soup AND pumpkin!? Woooza!! This is rockin my soup-hating socks off ๐
Soup-hating?! Nooooooo!!! SAD!!!
Ginger and coconut milk? I like the sound of this. I pinned it! ๐
It’s goooooood! You’ll likey ๐ Thanks Heather!
How AMAZING does this look! PERFECT for Fall!!!
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Thank you thank you Chelsea!
Never added sweet potatoes to my pumpkin soup will be giving this a try.
It’s a good idea if you want a soup that is a little more hearty and filling!
This looks so good. I love spiralizing sweet potatoes! Curry is such a fall favorite for me, so this sounds like a perfect combination!
Curry paste changed my world a few years ago. LOVE that stuff!!
Love sweet potato noodles and adding them to soup is a great idea! Thanks for linking up today
Thanks so much Deborah!
I love my spiralizer but I haven’t tried making sweet potato noodles yet! Clearly I need to change that ๐ haha This looks great!
CLEARLY you do. It’s a game changer!! Thanks Liz XO
This looks so good! Im actually gonna make squash soup tonight!
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Mmmm I have squash soup in my fridge as we speak. I’m a soup fanatic this time of year ๐
This soup sounds so yummy!!! I have never heard of sweet potato noodle! How different!!!
SO different and SO yummy!!! A great alternative to pasta ๐
This looks just amazing! I love pumpkin and coconut milk together. Looks like a perfect autumn soup. Also, that patterned napkin is lovely!
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Thank you Samantha!
Omg, I HAVE to try this!! Good thing I just got my new spiralizer in the mail yesterday!
WHAAAA?!?! Ok is that perfect timing or what?! It’s fate ๐
I love this! Pinned!
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Thanks for the pin love Linda!
Thinking through all the other things you could do with sweet potato noodles! So creative and gorgeous – the colors just scream fall to me!
Oh gosh, something about food colors that are quintessential fall just make my happy!
Yum – This looks delicious!! I love pumpkin recipes!
Pumpkin rules the world. And has my heart every time fall rolls around!
This is such an awesome idea!! It looks incredible, thanks so much for sharing this!!
Thanks Abbey!
on that note, i need to use my spiralizer more often.
I need to experiment with mine more often!!
I’ve never tried a pumpkin curry before! I’ll have to check it out!
Oh it’s sooooo good and perfect for fall Carmy. I hope you do!
I love pumpkin curry, this looks amazing and I’m definitely going to have to give this a try!
Thanks Tee. I think you’ll likey ๐
Ooooh…this looks SO good and comforting. Like a hug in a bowl. I definitely need to put a spiralizer on my Christmas list too because I don’t have one at all. Don’t know how I have made it this long without one!
YES a hug in a bowl. For sure. I think we will both get a bomb spiralizer for Christmas. Santa definitely reads our blogs ๐
Chrissa this looks so good. Pinning for menu planning.
Thanks so much Jill!
This sounds amazing! I have made all sorts of noodles, but never thought to use sweet potatoes, can’t wait to try this!!
It’s totally one of those ‘duh’ ingredients you never think of spiralizing but once you do – life changed!
looks delicious! soups are so perfect for fall!
Agreed! Thanks Glenneth!
Wow! This sounds amazing! We love pumpkin and sweet potatoes! Gonna try this soon!
WE DO TOOOOO. The best fall ingredients, really….
I don’t know why but I’ve only done zoodles, it’s time for me to broaden my spiralziing life
Don’t worry, zoodles were my only thing for a LONG time too. Then sweet potato noodles ruled my world ๐
This looks so warm and inviting!! I totally wanna try this recipe!
Yes yes you should Cathy!!!
What a delicious flavor combination! Love the mix of sweet and spicy! ๐
Thanks girl. Sweet with some kick – go good!
I love soup in the fall and this looks delicious
Soup is the best fall food for sure!
Oooookaaay this soup is amazing! I cannot wait to make it! I’m always looking for new healthy recipes.
I hope you love it Naomi. Definitely a winner in my book!
Curry paste is MAGIC, i tell you! MAGIC!! LOVE how you used veggie noodles in this recipe. xoxo
MAGIC – TRUTH. Love that stuff. And I hate anything spicy, but that just has a nice kick!
Yum! This is the perfect soup for Fall! I never thought about spiralizing a sweet potato. I definitely need to upgrade my spiralizer too. The one I have is handheld and would never be able to handle a potato.
MINE TOO. It does work, but it involves work. And let’s face it, I’m lazy and want an appliance to do it for me ๐
Wow this combo is to die for! I think that this is my favorite recipe you’ve posted so far! I’ll definitely go for a lady and the tramp style sweet potato noodle session hahaha!
Oh my goodness, thanks so much Heather! I hope you love this recipe!
Yummmm m!
I love whiling up a batch of coconut curry/soup (sometimes will whip up an easy batch of the on soup version for over zucchini noodles!) so this looks DELISH!
I haven’t used my spiralizer with sweet potato yet but I LOVE sweet potato so how could it be bad. Great recipe Chrissa!
Xxox
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Zucchini noodles would be great too! Get on the sweet potato noodle train girl – it will change your life ๐
I love soup for lunch as well and this one looks great. Bookmarking to try soon.
It’s the perfect lunch for fall! Who doesn’t love SOUP?! Thanks Joanie.
I’d imagine that this soup is rich and very hearty. This is perfect for a cool fall evening.
Yep spot on! I hope you give it a whirl!
Looks yummy!! Silly (or maybe not) question – what size can of pumpkin – 28 oz or 15 oz.. or how many cups?
Not silly at all! Sorry I didn’t specify! Definitely the 15 oz can ๐