Keto Chicken Soup with Spaghetti Squash Noodles
This keto chicken soup with Spaghetti Squash Noodles is easy to make and so nutritious. The rich broth tastes like it cooked for hours, but this low carb chicken soup is ready in about 30 minutes!
Servings: 6
Calories: 265
Ingredients
- 1 medium spaghetti squash yield 3 cups of noodles
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs, chopped into 1 inch pieces
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ cup soy sauce (or Tamari for gluten free)
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 3 scallions (green parts only) sliced
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 425F and line a large baking tray with foil or parchment paper. Using a sharp knife, poke 1 to 2 holes in the spaghetti squash and place on a microwave safe plate. Microwave for 5 minutes. Let cool enough to handle.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the squash into 1 inch rings and place on the baking pan in a single layer. Roast for 20-25 minutes until tender. When finished cooking, scrape and discard the seeds from the center of the spaghetti squash rings, then shred the squash noodles from the skin.
- While the squash is cooking, make the soup. Add the oil to a large heavy bottom pot over medium heat. Add the celery and carrots and sauté until soft. About 5 minutes. Add the chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Season with basil and thyme and stir in the soy sauce. Use a wooden spoon to scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Now stir in the chicken broth and let simmer for a few minutes. Finally, stir in the spaghetti squash noodles.
- Serve with sliced scallions.
Notes
- Use a whole chicken: For a truly healing keto chicken soup, instead of boneless skinless chicken thighs, you can use a whole chicken to make your own broth. Simply simmer a whole chicken in 8 cups of water for at least 1 hour. Make sure to season with salt to taste. Strain the broth and pull the chicken from the bones. Discard the bones and skin, or save for chicken bone broth.
- Use a rotisserie chicken: For an even easier keto chicken soup, pull the chicken from a rotisserie chicken and use that in place of the chicken thighs.
- Different vegetable noodles: Use zucchini noodles in place of spaghetti squash noodles like in this Chicken Meatball and Zoodle Soup.
Nutrition
Calories: 265 | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 28g | Fiber: 2g