Creamy rich soup with roasted poblano peppers, chicken, and plenty of cheddar cheese. It’s a must make low carb soup recipe!
I no longer even attempt to fool myself that my best recipes ideas are all that original. I used to be suddenly struck by inspiration and would practically go running to the kitchen to make recipe so I could blow people’s minds with my brilliance. Then Pinterest came along and quickly disabused me of the notion that I had thought of something that no one else in the world had ever thought of. Because I can quite literally make an original recipe, and head on over to Pinterest, only to see that someone else has had the very same idea. Often theirs is the high carb version and the execution is very different, but the idea is dead on. Turns out that the Muse of Food Blogging likes visit many of us with the same flashes of inspiration, and often around the same time. It’s kind of scary, how a fellow food blogger can be in your head like that.
This recipe idea, however, was not an original for me. But I recognize brilliance when I see it and when I saw it in the cheesy goodness of this Chile Relleno Soup from House of Yumm. Since I love cheese and I love poblano peppers, I knew this one was ripe for a low carb makeover. I almost instantly got to work revamping it. Among other changes, I added chicken for a more hearty meal, left out the flour (obviously), and used a brick of cream cheese to help thicken it. And it was velvety and cheesy and a wonderful low carb comfort dish. So I took some photos and scheduled it for the blog.
Check out this Hearty Italian Beef & Vegetable Soup from Barefeet In the Kitchen too. Cut down on the carrots and you’ve got yourself some low carb comfort food!
And then two days ago, I spotted the high carb version posted in a low carb group on Facebook with a plea for a makeover. And my friend Sooze from Fluffy Chix Cook was all excited about the idea of revamping it. I just had to laugh, and say “Um, you’re not going to believe this but…”.
So here we are. Nothing is ever truly original, not even our most original ideas. But original or not, this recipe is a keeper. A guaranteed hit with the whole family.
Please see my low carb Chile Relleno Chicken Soup on A Sweet Life
I cannot wait to try…chile relleno is one of my favorite meal choices when we eat out!
Where did you find the recipe? All I have seen is advertisements. and NO place to even print the recipe because there isn’t one here.
Under the last picture there is a link to click on that says “Please see My Low Carb Chile Rellano Chicken Soup on A Sweet Life”.
Looks so good! I was always ordering chile rellenos from the local Mexican restaurant and feeling proud of my low-carb, gluten-free discovery. Then I found out the outer, fried cheese layer had breading in it. 🙁 So, this is a great alternative.
Some recipes just seem to dip them in egg, I think. I may need to come up with a good low carb chile relleno recipe!
Here’s the link: http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2014/09/cheesy-chicken-stuffed-poblanos-low-carb-gluten-free.html The other one is from looking up my son’s confirmation saint. Oops, Sorry, please delete that one.
Trashed it for you. 🙂 I know she has that recipe but I don’t think it’s quite the same because it’s not breaded and fried?
When you do, please share!!
Do you honestly think all that cheese is better for your health than a little flour now and then? Donna
As a matter of fact, I really do. Honestly. And science is increasingly coming down on my side of things…sadly, nutrition advice is slow to change and catch up with the science.
I eat the low carb way now and yes it is healthier and contrary to what you would think my fat just seems to melt away. Everyone notices the weight loss and I did it just to be healthier. Side note who said it was healthier the other way UMMM the same people who taught us the food pyramid and now had to revise that. Old studies were not accurate sad to say I grew up in the misinformed era.
I recently transitioned back to LCHF after several years away and convinced husband to switch, too. He has high cholesterol and I had to research quite a bit of science to show him this is safe. My point is simply that there has been quite a bit of research on this vs. low fat. One is not necessarily better, but LCHF had been shown to have faster results.
Thanks. Silly internet.
Oh yeah, definitely want it breaded and fried! We just got a fryer too.
This soup looks amazing!! Great combo of flavors! I especially like the add of the chicken and the omit of the flour!!!
Carolyn this looks wonderful! Love the changes you made, I’m thinking I need to add chicken next time I make mine 🙂 Thanks for linking back. xo
Thanks, Serene. I thought the idea was absolutely brilliant but my readers can’t have flour like that. So this was my low carb version.
Can you make a crockpot version ??
I made this soup and it was great! I’ve always liked chilis relleno, and this was definitely a credible soup version. Thanks!
Is it spicy?
I made this for dinner yesterday. Oh my! Absolutely delicious! Carolyn, your recipes are always amazing, and this is going into permanent rotation at our house. Thank you!
OMG! This soup is fabulously delicious! I made it last week and both my husband and I had to have seconds. I ate the leftovers all week for lunch – it got spicier and spicier (Yum!). Thank you so much for such a delicious, creamy, satisfying soup!
Glad you liked it.
This recipe popped up the day I thawed a batch of freshly roasted Hatch poblano peppers, serendipity! Chile relleno is my favorite Mexican dish!
It was a HUGE hit and I made a double batch that gave us 2 meals, a container for my daughter to take home and another for the freezer.
6 servings? Ha! Ha! Not when everyone has seconds!
Curious whether this froze well. We love it and I was thinking about making some and freezing it to take camping in our RV. We are doing a 4 week road trip and I need to have some things that are premade.
also posted this over on It’s a sweet life
I love this – it was a big hit for us.
I think the calculations are off – can you clarify?
I calculated the macronutrients for this to serve 6 as stated
per serving: total recipe:
cal 381.8 2291
carbs 8.2 49
fiber 1.2 7
fat 29.3 29.3
protein 22.8 137
I use MacGourmet, which pulls from the USDA database of nutritional counts. That’s all I have to say because it’s going to depend a lot on what you use and where it gets the data. I trust the USDA database to be accurate.
This soup is fantastic! Definitely a keeper. I was lazy and didn’t whiz the parts that the recipes calls to whiz, I just chopped up everything threw it in the pot. It was AWESOME!
What can one use instead of bone broth? I really have never had any luck making it and I honestly don’t want to make it. Can I use chicken broth instead?
Yup, that will be fine.
Oh man, this soup is amazing. I pour it over a bowl of steamed vegetables and it’s a super filling meal. I tried using Neufchâtel the last time and didn’t taste any difference, and the Neufchâtel blended in quite well. I’ve also used 4 pasillas when I can’t find poblanos, in case any of those substitutions is helpful for someone.
I’ve never been a soup lover, but I’ve made this three times since you first posted the recipe – I love it!
Is the chili supposed to be boiled before rolling with chicken ? Or can I just cut the peppers and put a strip in?
They are supposed to be charred, skinned and then chopped, as per the instructions.
I really wanted this soup but I was pressed for time, so I subbed out two cans of diced green chilies for the poblano peppers, one hot and one cold. It was still delicious!
So glad to hear it!
I meant one hot and one mild, not cold! 🙂
I was wondering! Lol
Wonderful, great recipe…..I will make this over and over.
I made this last night with the real hatch green chile and it was outstanding!!! Thank you for the recipe.
You’re welcome!
Great, added a can of Trader Joe corn and three cups of cheese. Husband went nuts, a keeper
This is the best low carb chili relleno recipe I have ever made. sometimes I will get on a roll and make them several days in one week. I have never made the sauce, I just use a low carb green or red sauce from the store.
http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/chiles-rellenos-29565
Gonna try this soup!
Still continues to be one of my favorites.
Crap! I bought all the ingredients for this recipe and started making a little while ago. The link was working 30 min ago and now I get an error message every time I click on it. Does anyone have this recipe?
I am going to send it to your email right now…
Can you send it to me too! It was one my favorites and can’t find it anymore!
Looks like they are back up so you can get it here! https://www.facebook.com/AllDayIDreamAboutFood/
Here is the low carb Chili relleno recipe that I use.
http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/chiles-rellenos-29565
Can’t wait to try this soup.
Have everything I need to make this delish looking soup and asweetlife is down. Please help! I need the recipe! Thanks!
Their site is back up!
What am I missing? I can’t find the recipe! Help!
There is a link at the bottom of the post.
FYI the link to your recipe is broken.
Maybe you can edit the post to include it here? It looks like a lot of people had the issue I’m having.
I’ve added the recipe to my own site for the time being, because of these issues. Hope you come back and check it out! 🙂
Okay, I must be techno challenged because I cannot find the recipe when I go to the link posted above!! It is a tad bit frustrating so I guess I am asking how to link to the recipe!! Thanks!!
Their site is having major issues. Please email me at alldayidreamaboutfood@gmail.com and we will send you the recipe.
Cannot find the recipe. A Sweet Life is a non-functioning website apparently. There are ads there but no recipes, no blog. This has happened repeatedly when your blog sends me to A Sweet Life to get a recipe.
Oh sorry. Just saw your note of Sept 16. Thanks for answering.
Absolutely wonderful.
So where is the recipe? Can’t find it!!
Please email me at alldayidreamaboutfood@gmail.com and we will send you the recipe. A Sweet Life is having trouble with their website.
Hmmm…I’ve got some Chicken Bone Broth simmering at home at this very moment. I think it’s meant for this soup!
This looks creamy and yummy!
Gonna add this to my weekend chart! 🙂
I love this soup recipe!
I was in this site Thursday to get the ingredients for this soup, wanted to make it today and the link isn’t working. Where can I find this recipe?
Their site is back up!
I just made this tonight and it was great! I added 2 jalepeños (charred them with the poblanos) and it was pretty spicy – we like spicy stuff! Served it with some low carb biscuits – great meal!
Love everything creamy. Got to give it go. Looks yammmmmi! Thanks for sharing
DELICIOUS! Just made it tonight but I was too lazy to do all the work with the poblanos so I subbed three cans of green chilis instead. Also, since I’m knee deep in the Ketogenic WOE, I couldn’t resist adding a half cup of heavy whipping cream to the pot to increase my fat intake. YUMMO!!!
Sounds good to me!
What is the recipe to make this Chile Relleno Chicken Soup?
There is a link to click right at the bottom of this post.