What do you do when you want a hearty and filling chowder but are trying to eat a low-carb diet too? You spend a rainy Sunday afternoon in the kitchen cooking up a new recipe. I decided I would make it dairy free as well so that I could add it to the 7-day meal plan in my 20-Day Sugar (and more) Detox program too.
This is a really versatile recipe that you can add a lot of different animal protein to like chicken, turkey, ham or even fish which I’ve done and added a dash of dill weed too!
My official taste tester (a.k.a. my gorgeous husband) gave it two thumbs up which means you should probably double the recipe! Bon appetit.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 6
Cauliflower and Bacon Chowder:
- 6 slices bacon, diced
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, diced
- 1 small or 1/2 of a large head of cauliflower cut into bite size pieces
- 3 cups organic chicken broth
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon Italian herbs
- 1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Add bacon to large pot and turn heat onto to medium.
- Cook 3 – 4 minutes or until well done but not crisp.
- Remove bacon from pot with slotted spoon and place on plate with paper towel to absorb fat.
- Pour off excess bacon fat leaving approximately 1 tablespoon in pot.
- Add the onion, celery and carrots to pot and cook until tender.
- Add cauliflower, chicken broth, fish sauce and coconut milk to pot.
- Stir in herbs, chili powder and salt and pepper.
- Turn heat to medium high. Bring soup to a gentle boil and then reduce heat to low.
- Simmer soup for 10 minutes or until cauliflower is fork tender.
- Add bacon to soup and stir.
- Garnish with parsley or micro greens.
This was so easy and delicious 😋
Thanks
Hi, the ingredients call for fish sauce but the directions don’t mention when to add it
Hi Cheryl! Add the fish sauce with the coconut milk. I’ve updated the recipe and thanks so much for catching that for me. Make sure to let me know what you think of the soup. Cheers!
I love this soup! It’s hearty and the coconut milk creates such a creamy soup
Hi this sounds lovely. Is it coconut milk from a can that you use please?