Thai Carrot Soup

This Thai Carrot Soup is the perfect blend of carrots, coconut milk and hot chili oil. And each bowl has just 243 calories.

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• 🥣 Ingredients
• 📖 Instructions
• 🌶️ How spicy is it?
• 📋 Recipe

Greetings 👋

Today I want to talk to you about something a little risqué.  It’s a subject that not very many low carb dieters want to talk about.  But I’m just going to say it.

I think carrots are delicious.

There, I said it.  

And yes, I know that they are root vegetables, and are carbier than the green veg we low carb dieters eat all day long.  But a medium carrot has just 4g net carbs.  Surely, we deserve a carrot treat every now and then!

And today’s recipe for creamy Thai Carrot Soup is quite a treat.

I don’t want to gush, but this soup is ridiculously delicious.  It’s based on a simple carrot and coconut milk soup that I found on Bon Appétit.  But don’t let the simplicity of this soup fool you, it’s got the perfect amount of hot chili oil that gives it a wonderful flavor.

🥣 Ingredients

• Carrots
• Onion
• Butter
• Coconut Milk
• Chicken or Vegetable Broth
• Thai Hot Chili Oil
• Salt & Pepper

📖 Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.  Add carrots and onions, and cook until softened, 15 minutes.
2. Stir in broth, coconut milk, salt, pepper and hot sauce and bring to a boil.  Lower the heat and simmer for 40 minutes until very soft.
3. Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.  Blend mixture in a blender until smooth.
4. Rinse out saucepan and return the soup to the pan.  Add water until the soup reaches the desired consistency.  Taste that soup and add more hot chili oil and salt if desired. 
5. Reheat and serve.

🌶️ How spicy is it?

It’s as spicy as you like.  There is quite a bit of variation between different brands of hot chili oil, so you need to play it by ear.  The original recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of hot chili oil, but that could be a disaster if the oil is on the hotter side.  Best to start out at 1 teaspoon and increase it to your liking.

If you like this soup, then you might like my recipes for Cream of Chicken Soup with Rice, Chili con Carne, Keto Clam Chowder or Cream of Tomato Soup. Or try this recipe for classic Butternut Squash Soup.

This Keto carrot soup is incredibly good, but don't go carrot crazy.

Portion control is important if you are watching your carb intake, so keep it at a one cup serving.  But the soup and a nice hearty side salad or slice of crusty bread is all you need for a perfectly heavenly meal.

So let's just whip up a pot of Thai Carrot Soup!

Ok, chow for now!

(But let's keep in touch.)

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