Living the ketogenic lifestyle can feel like a challenge, and you have to get creative with your meals to keep them from getting boring. But if there’s one thing you can’t go wrong with, it’s soup. Soups are not only keto-friendly but also super versatile as you make them with a wide variety of ingredients to hit the perfect balance between healthy and delicious!
These keto chicken soup recipes are protein-rich, warming, and comforting with good-for-you ingredients. Plus, they’re packed with flavor while keeping the dish low in carbs, so they’ll help you meet your health goals.
1. Creamy Crack Chicken Soup
This low-carb soup is a winter staple, but we’ll gladly make it year-round! It has chicken, spinach, and a whole bunch of seasoning and spices, along with softened cream cheese, heavy cream, and cheddar cheese, to give this heartwarming goodness a rich consistency. Top it with sliced scallions and crisp bacon for a finishing touch to elevate the dish.
2. Creamy Chicken Egg Drop Soup with Spinach
This dish will tantalize your taste buds without jeopardizing your weight loss plans. At only 3.6g net carbs, the soup is incredibly filling, with ingredients like nutrient-rich chicken, egg, and spinach taking center stage. It also has very simple spices and herbs, but you can also give it a richer flavor and texture by serving it with a dollop of cream.
3. Instant Pot Chicken Spinach Soup
This recipe comes together with chicken, chicken broth, heavy cream, olive oil, spices, spinach, and vegetables. Serve it garnished with parmesan cheese to give it extra flavor and texture, and pair it with a chopped Italian salad. It’s also meal prep-friendly and will stay fresh in the fridge for up to four days!
4. Instant Pot Keto Broccoli Chicken Bacon Cheese Soup
How do you make broccoli more palatable? Cook it with cheese! And with this creamy, cheesy soup, no one will ever know it has broccoli hidden in it! The taste of chicken, bacon, cheese, and spices dominates the dish, so you can enjoy the many health benefits of broccoli without even tasting it. Pretty genius, wouldn’t you say?
5. Keto Chicken Cream Cheese Soup
This is one of the most versatile soups you can make — enjoy it on its own or use it as a base to make a bunch of other soups! The rich, hearty delicacy includes ingredients like spinach, chicken, onion, and garlic with cream cheese to keep you feeling satiated for longer. Add in bacon, and you have a crowd-pleaser on hand!
6. Keto Chicken Soup
If you’re a fan of soups that are light and refreshing and have a flavorful broth, this is the one for you! It’s loaded with fall-off-the-bone tender chicken and veggies and bulked with cauliflower rice, making it the perfect go-to recipe for when colder weather hits. Make sure you simmer it for a while to infuse the base ingredients with the flavors of the seasonings and fill your home with wonderful aromas as it cooks!
7. Keto Laksa with Chicken and Prawns
A keto spin on the popular Southeast Asian dish, this laksa is brimming with big, bold flavors. Make it with juicy, protein-rich chicken and prawns, keto-friendly laksa paste, spring onion, and bean sprouts, and serve it with fixings on the side like zucchini noodles. Add some lime wedges and coriander on top for garnish.
8. Low Carb Creamy Chicken Soup
This soup tastes as good as it looks and is perfect for serving on special occasions. The nourishing soup has chicken as its key ingredient, and you can serve it topped with olive oil and crispy prosciutto to add layers of flavor. It’s incredible by itself, but you can also pair it with low-carb cheddar biscotti to sop up the yummy flavors.
9. Low Carb Chicken Mushroom Soup
What better way to meet your daily nutritional requirements than with a cozy blend of chicken and veggies? The light and lean soup loaded with mushrooms tastes like fall in a bowl, but you can enjoy a bowl of this comfort food year-round whenever you’re craving some umami goodness. Swap out the cornstarch for arrowroot to make it properly ketogenic!
10. Spicy Keto Thai Chicken Soup
Tantalize your taste buds with this 15-minute tongue-tingling keto soup. To make, steam chicken, cauliflower rice, and veggies in a foil packet and flavor them with seasonings and chili garlic sauce. Once the contents of the foil are cooked, toss them in coconut milk bone broth, stir, and serve!
