Loaded Cauliflower Soup

Ingredients

• Cauliflower

  Green, raw

  2 head, medium or 862g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  2 tsp, leaves or 2g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  6 cup or 1.44kg

• Sour cream

  Reduced fat, cultured

  ½ cup or 121g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  1 cup, whipped or 120g

• Cheddar cheese

  18 tbsp, shredded or 126g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  2 medium or 30g

Directions

1. Fry bacon in a pot till crispy and remove to plate. Crumble it into pieces for garnish.
2. In bacon grease, add in onion and garlic and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add in cauliflower florets along with salt, pepper and thyme. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Stir in chicken broth and cook for about 10 minutes till the cauliflower gets tender.
4. Blend 3/4 of the cauliflower mixture in a blender leaving 1/4 behind in the pot. Mix blended cauliflower back into the pot and keep on simmering 5 minutes. Alternately, you can use an immersion blender.
5. Add in sour cream, cream and 1 cup cheddar cheese and mix well.
6. It's ready to serve. Optionally, if you want thicker consistency, mix 2 Tbsp regular flour or almond flour with cream into a slurry. Gradually stir into the soup until you get the desired consistency.
7. Ladle the soup into bowls and top it with remaining cheddar cheese, bacon bits and chopped scallions. Serve hot.
8. Recipe by: GypsyPlate (source: https://gypsyplate.com/loaded-cauliflower-soup/)