Seafood chowder is a thick, cream based soup loaded with fish and other seafood chunks. My personal preference is a dairy base for that classic New England style flavor. However, I also find that it is easier to adopt a low carbohydrate version than the also delicious but tomato-based Manhattan style. This keto seafood chowder is warm and salty and lets the flavors of the seafood stand out while being complimented by everyone’s favorite… Bacon!
By using a variety of seafood types, I also find that the mixture of textures and flavors also disguises the lack of corn, celery, and potatoes often found in clam chowders. This recipe further ditches the carbs by thickening, not with a rue but with soft and mild mascarpone cheese.
This recipe is also easily adapted for a carnivore diet by ditching the pepper and swapping the Pruvit brand French onion broth for a bone broth.
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Description
This dish is low carb. It swaps any flours and rues for mascarpone cheese and heavy cream. We also skip the starches like corn and potatoes. That is why using a variety of seafood is essential. The extra textures and flavors keep the soup hearty and chunky without extra carbs.
Otherwise, the base of this dish is clam juice and broth. For this recipe, I specifically used the Pruvit brand Better//Broth in the French Onion flavor because it is what I had on hand. You could trim the carbs even further by substituting a straight bone broth.
However, you can’t beat the powdered, cubed, and jelled broths, stocks, and bases for convenience. Pruvit carries a line of them in several different flavors. I get mine from Lindsey’s Lazy Keto on Facebook, and I will link to her e-store below, but she is a big fan of the ketones and is always willing to talk about ketones and low carb diets on her page.
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Nutritional Information and Ingredients- Keto Seafood Chowder
Nutritional Information taken from a combination of the ingredient packaging and the MyFitnessPal app. Serves 2.
Nutrition-
Per serving, recipe serves 2.
Calories: 781.5
Protein: 56.05
Fat: 32.85
Carbohydrates: 5.95
Ingredients-
- 8oz clam juice
- 12oz water
- 1pkg broth
- 1/2lb haddock
- 1can crab
- 1can oyster
- 1/4lb cooked sliced bacon
- 1/2cp mascarpone cheese
- 3Tbl heavy cream
- 3Tbl butter
Seasonings-
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions- Keto Seafood Chowder
Place a pot on medium heat and add one bottle of clam juice. The bottle should be 8 ounces, and you can use the empty bottle to add another 12 ounces of water. Allow this to warm up. Then add one package of Prüvit BETTER//BROTH™ French Onion and stir until dissolved.
To the liquid base, add salt, pepper, and butter to the broth and stir until the butter melts away. Then gently add the haddock to avoid splashing. Slice into smaller chunks if the filet won’t fit easily inside the pot. It should be nearly fully submerged to cook. Cover the pot and let cook for 5-7 minutes. It should be simmering but not a boil.
Once the fish has fully cooked, stir to break up into chunks. The fish should flake apart while stirring. Please give it some help with your spoon until it is in bite-sized pieces.
Open and drain the cans of crab and oysters and add to the pot before stirring again. The pot should be at a bubbling simmer but not a boil. Adjust the heat to keep it at a simmer.
Cut 1/4 lbs of cooked bacon into chunks or roughly six strips of thick-cut. Stir again, gently.
Add about 1/2 cup of Marscapone cheese and gently stir until fully incorporated. Turn off the heat and continue stirring while you drip the heavy cream into the soup. Leave the soup to cool slowly on the warm burner, occasionally stirring—taste before serving to adjust seasonings.
