These Thai butternut squash noodles are as delicious as they are beautiful. Finished in 15 minutes, this is an easy, healthy and tasty vegetarian dinner.
You might also like this creamy pumpkin, sausage & kale soup!

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I’ve been wanting to make this dish for a while now. My hubby and I like Thai food and I thought with some sturdy veggie noodles I could make a nice vegetarian dinner for a change. So I thought I’d use butternut squash noodles because the bit of sweetness would go perfect with the spicy Thai sauce.
My husband raved about this Thai butternut squash noodle dish and it was the easiest thing to make (though he doesn’t need to know that.) So with a few vegetables, coconut milk, coconut sugar and a nice Thai curry paste you can make this recipe in less that 20 minutes. It’s an easy, healthy and tasty meal.
More Butternut squash noodle recipes to try
Because butternut squash makes such sturdy noodles, it’s great for a pasta substitute. I made a butternut squash noodles with sausage and broccoli recipe that was delicious. The savory sausage and fresh, bright broccoli went well with the sweetness of the butternut squash. Check that one out!
I also made a butternut squash tots with brown butter. It tastes a bit like gnocchi and with the brown butter and spinach it’s totally delish!
Butternut Squash Noodles Recipe Tips
To speed up the process I like to do 2 things.
- Microwave the noodles and the vegetables to get them mostly cooked. I use this microwave pot all the time to steam my veggies.
- Use already made Thai curry paste.
I usually use one of the two Thai curry pastes below. Thai kitchen you can find in just about any grocery store in our area and probably yours. The Mae Ploy I have to buy in a Asian market but it is incredibly cheap for how much you get and I love the taste.
Below I used the Panang curry but I’ve used the red, green and yellow curry pastes too. All good! But Thai Kitchen is good too.
How to make the Thai curry sauce
To make the sauce you add your coconut milk to the pan along with the curry paste and some coconut sugar. If you don’t have coconut sugar you can use brown sugar. Then you want to whisk the sauce until both the paste and sugar are incorporated into the coconut milk.
While you are doing that you can microwave your vegetables and then your noodles. Add the chopped vegetables first and get them well incorporated into the sauce, and then the butternut noodles. You only need to saute for a few minutes and your done! Garnish with cilantro or cashews if you like.
Thai Butternut Squash Noodles
Other ways to use this Thai sauce
That is all there is to is. Easy huh? You can try this with different vegetable noodles and you could also use an udon noodle or rice noodle if you like. I have also used this sauce with chicken or shrimp and served over rice.
I hope you like these Thai butternut squash noodles as they make for an easy vegetarian meal. You are sure to get your daily requirement of vegetables all on one plate! Enjoy.

Thai Butternut Squash Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 cups butternut squash made into noodles
- 4 cups assorted vegetables (I used broccoli, snap peas, mushrooms and peppers)
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon coconut sugar (can sub 1 T brown sugar)
- 2-3 Tablespoons Thai red curry paste (I use Mae Ploy or Thai Kitchen)
Instructions
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Add your chopped vegetables to a microwaveable bowl and cook for 4 minutes.
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While they are cooking, add your curry paste, coconut milk and coconut sugar to a large saute pan and whisk to get everything mixed well.
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Take the vegetables out of the microwave and add to the curry sauce. Mix well.
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Microwave the butternut squash noodles for 2 minutes.
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Then add to the skillet and cook for 1 or 2 more minutes and it's done.
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Garnish with cilantro and cashews if you wish. We ate it as is.
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Please note that some of these pastes are very hot. If you don't want it as hot, use less paste. Taste it before you add the vegetables and add more if needed.
Laura Giudici Mills
Denise ~ Thank you for inspiring me to get my “Thai” on in the kitchen! I used the veggies I had on-hand to make a quick and delicious lunch with a spicy Thai Red Curry Sauce garnished with Cilantro…Butternut Squash noodles, Crimini mushrooms and Baby Spinach. In place of the coconut brown sugar I used fresh minced Garlic. Mmmmmm. So easy. So tasty!
Denise
Hi Laura,
So glad you liked it! And thanks for sharing your tips about the recipe. I always love to hear how readers do things. Take care.
Veena Azmanov
I absolutely love Thai food. Thai curry paste in my one go to in the fridge. I have to buy the commercial jar as well. This looks so good. I’ve been using my spiralizer a lot more recently too. I can’t wait to try this. Looks so good.
Denise
Thanks Veena! I love that curry paste. I just made curried pumpkin seeds that I am addicted to. Thanks for stopping by!