Keto Lemon Kale Chicken Soup

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  • prep time

    prep time

    20 min

  • cook time

    cook time

    2 h 0 min

  • ready time

    ready time

    2 h 20 min

Keto Lemon Kale Chicken Soup

On a cold day, there’s nothing like a bowl of chicken soup. This lemon chicken soup is teeming with veggies, lemon and is made creamy and filling thanks to some butter. In this recipe, you make your own broth from boiling a chicken, but in a pinch you can use a prepared broth and add in shredded chicken. For additional flavor, add a stalk of celery, carrot, and a few slices of onion to the pot while the chicken is cooking to impart more flavor on the broth.

  • Net Carbs

    2.5 g

  • Fiber

    2.9 g

  • Total Carbs

    5.6 g

  • Protein

    54.5 g

  • Fats

    21 g

435 cals

Keto Lemon Kale Chicken Soup

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Ingredients

  • Chicken, Whole, Skin Removed Before Eating

    Chicken, Whole, Skin Removed Before Eating

    2 pound

  • Water

    Water

    8 cup

  • Salt

    Salt

    0.5 teaspoon

  • Lemon

    Lemon

    1 large - 2 3/8" diameter

  • Celery

    Celery

    2 cup, diced

  • Raw Kale

    Raw Kale

    2 cup, chopped

  • Riced Cauliflower by Trader Joe's

    Riced Cauliflower by Trader Joe's

    1 cup

  • Garlic

    Garlic

    2 clove

  • Black Pepper

    Black Pepper

    ¼ teaspoon

  • Butter, Salted

    Butter, Salted

    3 tablespoon

Recipe Steps

steps 8

2 h 20 min

  • Step 1

    Place the chicken, water and salt in a pot or dutch oven of choice.
    Step 1
  • Step 2

    Bring the water to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. You can skim off any foam that comes to the surface. If you’d like, you can also add a cut stalk of celery, carrot chopped in half and a piece of an onion, sliced. They will be removed once the chicken is cooked so will not change nutrition facts.
    Step 2
  • Step 3

    Once the chicken is simmering, cover the pot and cook for 1.5-2 hours, or until the chicken starts to fall apart as you pick it out of the water with tongs. Remove the chicken from the pot and pick the meat off of the chicken bones. Set aside. If you added aromatics like carrot, celery and onion, you can discard them now.
    Step 3
  • Step 4

    Chop the celery and thinly slice the kale. Mince the garlic and add it to the pot with the broth. Increase the heat in the pot to medium. Once it returns to a simmer, add the celery.
    Step 4
  • Step 5

    Once the celery is almost softened, add the kale and cauliflower rice to the pot. Cook for an additional 3-4 minutes, or until the kale is tender.
    Step 5
  • Step 6

    Strain out the vegetables and set aside. If there’s a little cauliflower left in the pot that’s okay. Add the juice from half of a lemon and butter to the broth and blend using an immersion blender.
    Step 6
  • Step 7

    Add back the vegetables and shredded chicken. Season with the pepper and additional salt as needed.
    Step 7
  • Step 8

    Allow to simmer for an additional 3-5 minutes, then serve the soup. Slice the other half of the lemon and add the slices to the individual bowls.
    Step 8

Comments 5

  • Eva

    Eva 4 years ago

    I don’t think the nutrition information is correct for this recipe

    • ingridamorris0803

      ingridamorris0803 2 years ago

      Do you think it’s off by being low or high?

    • Lentiana

      Lentiana 2 years ago

      I’m using it as a starting point, but I’ll do all the nutritional information myself, I have trust issues.

    • cbioanes

      cbioanes 3 years ago

      I want to make what seems off

  • Geisha

    Geisha 5 years ago

    Wonderful soup!