Keto seafood chowder
Keto seafood chowder
Keto seafood chowder
Elegant layers of flavor combine with flaky, tender chunks of salmon, shrimp, and wilted spinach, giving this cream-based seafood chowder absolute rave reviews. Colorful, beautiful, delicious, easy, and keto! A winner all around.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 5 oz. 1½ cups celery stalks, sliced
- 1 cup clam juice
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 tsp dried sage or dried thyme
- ½ lemon juice and zest
- 4 oz. ½ cup cream cheese
- 1 lb salmon boneless fillets or other firm fish, pin bones removed, fillets cut into 1" pieces
- 2 oz. 2 cups baby spinach
- 8 oz. shrimp peeled and deveined
- salt and ground black pepper
- ½ tbsp red chili peppers
- fresh sage optional for garnish
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add garlic and celery. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add clam juice, cream, cream cheese, sage, lemon juice and lemon zest. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes without lid.
- Add the fish and shrimp. Simmer for 3 minutes or until fish is just cooked (should flake easily). Add the baby spinach and stir until wilted.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Garnish with fresh red chili and fresh sage before serving for extra flavor and splash of color.
Notes
Tip
As an optional addition, consider adding crushed, dried chili flakes as a garnish on the soup. These add a lovely hot zest to an already delicious soup.
As an optional addition, consider adding crushed, dried chili flakes as a garnish on the soup. These add a lovely hot zest to an already delicious soup.