8 Great Low-Carb Soup Recipes

Updated on November 11, 2020

Soups are a great way to use up leftover meats and vegetables. They can make a nice first course or a main dish. Almost any soup can be made low in carbohydrate by leaving out the pasta, rice, or grains, and adding non-starchy vegetables. In many of these soups, it's the blended vegetables that thicken the soup, so there's no need for flour or other thickeners. Here are some delicious low-carb soup recipes.

Chicken Vegetable Soup

This is a simple soup, but you can vary it in lots of ways by adding different spices and vegetables. For instance, a Mexican-ish version.

Vegetable Beef Soup

Do you have some leftover pot roast or brisket? It's a great base for a hearty soup which makes a great lunch.

Clam Chowder

Who doesn't love clam chowder? No need for it to be full of potatoes and thickeners—simply remove them from this recipe. Many people don't like the overly-thickened chowders you often see today anyway.

Cauliflower Cheese Soup

This is a nice smooth soup all on its own, but you can also add ham and/or greens to it. If you add a little less broth it can even be a decent cheese sauce for vegetables.

Beef and Mushroom Soup

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You can use both fresh and dried mushrooms for a deep mushroom flavor. Eliminate the rice and enjoy the beefy, savory goodness of this soup.

Creamy Spicy Pumpkin Soup

It's always a good idea to get some orange vegetables into your diet, and using canned pumpkin is such an easy way to make it happen! This is a smooth and spicy soup. Further down the list is another pumpkin soup.

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Another vegetable-based soup, this one with a hint of heat and a hint of smoke from chipotle chilis or smoked paprika in with the roasted red peppers. This is another case where blending up something in a jar (in this case, the peppers) makes preparation really easy.