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bowl of crack chicken soup

Best Keto Chicken Bacon Ranch Soup

Jenni Cole
Delicious and hearty chicken bacon ranch soup, as known as crack chicken soup, takes the soul satisfying flavors of chicken, bacon, and ranch seasoning and combines it into a one bowl dish your favorite won't be able to get enough of!
Not only is the bacon chicken soup gluten free, but it's low carb and keto friendly too. 
4.79 from 14 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Soups
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 573 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lb chicken breast cooked and diced or sliced
  • ½ large onion diced
  • Ranch seasoning packet
  • 8 oz cream cheese cubed and softened
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar shred from a block of cheese, do NOT use pre-shredded
  • 8 pieces of bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup almond milk
  • Green onions sliced to garnish (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat a soup pot over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of bacon grease if you have it, if not substitute olive oil or avocado.
  • Sauté the onion until it's soft, which took about 6-7 minutes.
  • Add the chicken stock and Ranch seasoning packet and stir the ingredients together.
  • Bring the chicken stock and almond milk to a gentle boil over medium high heat, and then turn down to medium low heat as soon as it starts bubbling. 
  • Add the precooked chicken and simmer until the chicken is heated through, which should take 1-2 minutes.
  • Next add the softened cream cheese cubes to the hot broth  and stir until combined.
  •  Slowly stir the shredded cheese into the soup.
  • Right before serving mix in the chopped bacon.
  • Garnish with more bacon, shredded cheese and green onion slices.

Notes

  • We recommend home-cooked chicken instead of rotisserie, just because rotisserie could make the soup too salty. Roasted or pan-fried chicken from home will have the most flavor over poached.
  • Bake the bacon in the oven so you don't have to cook more than one batch as you might in a skillet
  • Fully soften the cream cheese so that it melts into the soup (instead of clumping)
  • Grate cheese from a cheddar cheese block, pre-sliced cheese is coated with potato starch and doesn't melt well
  • Use almond milk or half n half to make it creamy, to make it even richer substitute whipping cream

    • Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 573kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 62gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 206mgSodium: 1909mgFiber: 1g
    Keyword chicken bacon ranch, crack chicken, keto soup recipes, ranch soup recipes
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