This delicious keto smoked salmon chowder is so quick and easy to make, you will have a healthy low carb dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes.
I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it. The immortal words of The Pointer Sisters are always a classic, am I right? Really though, Easy Keto Dinners comes out in two weeks today and I am pretty excited about it. Okay, perhaps not quite as excited as I was for The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen, because that was my first cookbook and I didn’t quite know what to expect. But Easy Keto Dinners is my sophomore release and it’s just such a fun book, I can’t help but be a little eager to get it out on the market.
How to make Keto Smoked Salmon Chowder
So to tease you a little and get you in the mood for some tasty low carb, high fat dinner recipes, I thought I’d share one of my favourites. I am not supposed to say that say that because I can’t choose favourites and there are a lot of recipes in this book that I just adore. But this low carb Smoked Salmon Chowder is so simple and it comes together in 20 minutes from start to finish. And it tastes like my all time favourite appetizer, smoked salmon with cream cheese.
It’s wonderfully fulling and rich, this creamy low carb soup. And while spring is supposedly on her way, there’s still plenty of time for keto comfort food meals like this one. It’s so easy to make that I made a batch on the spot for my camera crew when we were shooting my keto cooking videos, and they all went home with some for dinner. I was kind of sad to see it head out the door but then I remembered that it’s such a quick soup to make, I can really whip it up any old time I want.
Have you ordered your copy of Easy Keto Dinners yet? What are you waiting for???
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1½ cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 6 ounces smoked salmon hot smoked, chopped
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
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In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and celery and sprinkle with salt. Sauté until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
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Add the onion and cook until fragrant, another minute. Stir in the chicken broth and the tomato paste and bring to a simmer, whisking to combine.
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Place the cream cheese in a blender and add the hot broth mixture. Blend until smooth. Return to the saucepan and add the cream, salmon, and capers. Bring back to a simmer over medium low heat, to warm through.
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Sprinkle each serving with chopped red onion.
Erica says
Of course I’ve ordered my copy of Easy Keto Dinners! ? Is there a particular brand of salmon you recommend or use frequently, Carolyn? I don’t have much experience with hot-smoked salmon.
Carolyn says
I just get one from Whole Foods in their refrigerated section. It might be their brand? Not sure, I can’t remember!
Erica says
Thanks!
Melinda says
Sounds good! What’s the serving size? I see the total recipe makes 5 cups, but the nutritional info doesn’t indicate how many servings or serving size. Thx!
Carolyn says
It’s 4 servings. I am switching recipe plug-ins soon because this one keeps leaving out my serving sizes even when I deliberately type them in. It’s about 1 1/4 cups per serving.
Koshie says
how many servings is this?
Carolyn says
It’s 4 servings. I am switching recipe plug-ins soon because this one keeps leaving out my serving sizes even when I deliberately type them in. It’s about 1 1/4 cups per serving.
Joan Springer says
Absolutely wonderful! I doubled recipe and for the two of us we will get two meals. My husband raved!
Carolyn says
Oh yay! Thanks, Joan. I am in love with this one myself because I adore smoked salmon.
Stephany says
I’m allergic to dairy and my husband is lactose intolerant. Would you have a recommendation for substitutions?
Carolyn says
Just the usual… dairy free cream cheese and coconut milk.
Mary says
I think you mean garlic not onion in step 2 🙂
Looks delicious BTW
Liz says
I made this last week and it’s quite possibly one of the best things I ever made. Thank you so much for this!! I do have one question though. I divided mine into four servings as well, but when I added all my ingredients together my calorie information was very different from yours. I followed your recipe to a T with the exception of doing 8oz salmon instead of 6oz, and not including capers. My calories per serving ended up being 580/each. Any suggestions? I’m thinking it was probably the heavy cream, so now I’m wondering which kind you used so I know if there’s one lighter on the calories than mine. I’d love to eat this more often but at almost 600 calories a pop, I can’t! Thanks again!
Carolyn says
I am so so sorry…it’s supposed to be 6 servings. It’s correct in my book but not on my blog, I sincerely apologize. I am using a recipe plug in that sometimes does funky things to my serving sizes (sometimes they disappear entirely) and so I fixed this one on the fly and didn’t double check it. I will be switching to a new plug in very soon!
Liz says
That makes a lot more sense! It’s okay 🙂 I don’t think I could’ve split it up into 6 servings – it was just way too good!! But I certainly feel a lot better now that I know what happened. Thanks for responding!
Carolyn says
I know, I know…it’s so good. But it’s also super filling and very low carb so if you eat it with a salad, then you can feel pretty full.
Carolyn says
So I just checked again and my serving size was gone entirely. I didn’t have anything in there, which is really frustrating. I am trying to find the time to convert my whole recipe plug in but it could be a long process.
Sandi says
This was so good when I made it last week that I am making it again today. I am also adding shrimp and scallops to that hot smoked salmon. My mouth is watering just writing here. Thanks for this!
Jane Augustine says
OMG! You hit this recipe out of the park! So good.
Thanks for your recipes, they are so good!
MG says
I don’t have tomato paste, anything else I could use instead? Don’t want to go buy a can and not use all of it :s
Thanks
Carolyn says
Just skip it.
Tammy Kaylor says
Carolyn,
My husband and I hate salmon. Period. But hot smoked salmon? Had to try it. This recipe is AMAZEBALLS!!! I just asked my group the other day for any salmon ideas for salmon haters and you magically appeared. I will repost this for you to the others who were looking for one. You are a goddess!
Carolyn says
Thanks, Tammy!
Allyson Zea says
Wow this chowder looks TOTALLY amazing!
Toni says
I loved how comforting this is! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Julie Blanner says
This looks awesome! Perfect for the winter.
Taylor says
So creamy and delicious! Love that this takes only 30 minutes!
Jocelyn says
Such a comforting recipe for cold days!
Sue says
Love this chowder! I add bacon and radishes for even more chunkiness, yum. However, I think in step 2, the onions referenced should be garlic since the onions were added in step 1. This recipe is fast and perfect comfort food. I own several KETO cookbooks and Carolyn’s is not only my favorite but the one I recommend to everyone.
Lupe says
HUGE winner at our home. Thank you. My husband just smoked two salmon filets and o wasn’t sure how I’d use it. This recipe fit the bill. Delicious.
Carolyn says
Wonderful! Lucky you!
Donna says
Can this be made with regular salmon, not smoked?
Carolyn says
I can’t see why not!
Lynn Davis says
About 6 weeks ago I saw this video one morning. I thought about it all day at work. That evening I made it. I didn’t have smoked salmon so I used canned. Didn’t have tomato paste either so I used sugar free ketchup. It was so good. I’m from the south and had been missing salmon stew. I’m getting ready to make it again .😋😋😋😋
Carolyn says
So glad to hear it!
Amy says
Soooo goooood! I can’t believe how easy this was to make. I used regular smoked salmon, but I will definitely try hot salmon next time! This is a must try!!!
Geoffrey Comer says
Amazing Soup! I forgot how much I missed the flavor of Lox since going Keto, but that’s a thing I no longer have to worry about. I had sour cream lying around so I used that in lieu of heavy cream FYI, and I don’t think I used Hot Smoked Salmon (I’m not even sure what kind I used, lol). Also, I immersion blended before adding salmon and capers for smoothness. I will be making this as often as I can afford to. Thanks a bunch!
Carolyn says
Glad it worked out!
Natalie says
Darn!! Wish I’d thought of the immersion blender instead of getting the whole glass blender and base out of the back of the pantry! LOL! (Much less washing up, too)
Natalie says
Line 2 … add the garlic?!?
Natalie says
I’m really disappointed that I can only give five stars for this dish.
OH! MY! GAWD!!… YYYYUUUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
(I don’t know about this being six serves though … I might end up eating the lot tonight!)
Pam Lazenby says
How do you make the salmon hot smoked?
Carolyn says
You don’t make it… you buy it. There is cold smoked, which is the thinly sliced nova lox style, and then there is hot-smoked, which is usually a thicker single piece of salmon.