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4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup aka Fat Bomb Soup

January 13, 2018 By elviira 20 Comments

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4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup aka Fat Bomb Soup | Low-Carb, So Simple

Ever thought of fat bombs as a soup before? It’s not as weird as it sounds; in fact, it’s delicious. This 4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup adds plenty of good fats to your diet, and it’s easy to make as well—no complicated ingredient lists with dozens of items. All you need are a few minutes and four natural, easy-to-find ingredients.



Tips for making the 4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup

This four-ingredient soup doesn’t require any special tricks, but here are a few things to remember: First of all, after adding the avocado and the sour cream, don’t let the soup boil! Repeat after me: “I will not let the soup boil after adding the avocado and the sour cream.” Got it? Good.

Here’s why I’m being so hard-core about this. The thing is, if you boil the soup after adding the avocado and sour cream, it might separate. This isn’t to say that the soup will definitely separate, but I bet you won’t want to take the risk if your hungry family—or your guests—are waiting for the food. Moreover, it saves you from wasting precious ingredients, since there is nobody in this world who would be willing to eat separated avocado soup (please tell me if you know somebody who would!).

Another thing: If you want your soup to be smooth and velvety, I recommend pureeing it with an immersion blender (or you can use a regular blender—just be extra careful with the hot soup!) after adding the avocado and sour cream. Even after the avocado is blended until smooth, it sometimes looks a bit lumpy if you only use a spoon to mix it after adding it to the chicken stock. To guarantee a smooth result, you can puree the soup after adding the avocado and the sour cream.

As you’ll see, this soup is really easy to make. Let’s take a look:

First, take two large avocados and cut them into halves.

Halving Avocados | Low-Carb, So Simple

Remove the pits and discard them.

Removing the Pits | Low-Carb, So Simple

Scoop the flesh into a blender.

Scooping the Flesh into Blender | Low-Carb, So Simple

Blend the avocado until smooth.

Blending | Low-Carb, So Simple

Add some stock to help the blending process, if necessary.

Adding Chicken Stock | Low-Carb, So Simple

Smooth!

Smooth | Low-Carb, So Simple

Place the rest of the stock into a large saucepan.

The Rest of the Stock in a Saucepan | Low-Carb, So Simple

Bring to a boil.

Boiling | Low-Carb, So Simple

Remove from the heat.

Removed from the Heat | Low-Carb, So Simple

Add the avocado puree…

Adding Avocado | Low-Carb, So Simple

…sour cream…

Adding Sour Cream | Low-Carb, So Simple

…and the chipotle.

Adding Chipotle | Low-Carb, So Simple

Mix well with a spoon until well-combined.

Mixing | Low-Carb, So Simple

Use an immersion blender or regular blender if you want your soup really velvety. Season with salt if desired.

Using Immersion Blender to Make it Really Velvety | Low-Carb, So Simple

Divide the soup into soup bowls.

Pouring into a Soup Bowl | Low-Carb, So Simple

Serve with lemon or lime wedges and chopped fresh herbs.

Sprinkling Chopped Parsley on Top | Low-Carb, So Simple

 

My fat bomb soup experiments

First of all, I never planned on making fat bomb soup—that occurred to me later, when I realized that there was so much healthy, delicious fat in this recipe. Originally, I just wanted to make soup with avocados. Actually, I was creating a personalized meal plan for one of my private nutrition-therapy clients, and I wanted to make an easy, rich soup suitable for a Sunday. I wanted to make something vegetable-based, as the breakfast for the day was a fluffy dish with eggs, and dinner was meaty cabbage rolls. Avocados are rich in vitamins and healthy fats, so I decided to do some experiments with avocado soup.

I had never, ever even thought that avocado could be a base for a great soup—at least, not for a hot soup. Hot avocado just sounded suspicious, but I’d never tried it, so I decided to see for myself.

But if I was going to make soup, I’d need some fluid in addition to the avocados. Water would be too plain and boring, so I decided to try chicken stock. I was also thinking of using unsweetened almond milk, but somehow it didn’t sound like a good addition to a savory soup.

In my opinion, avocado always needs a little added tang, as it has a pretty bland taste and a greasy mouthfeel. Good guacamole, for instance, always has enough lemon or lime juice; or, if I make a smoothie or pudding, I always add enough citrus juice to balance out the bland, fatty avocado. (Unless I make a chocolatey smoothie with avocado, that is, when the cocoa powder masks the avocado taste completely.)

So, what about the tang? Should I add some lemon or lime juice? And maybe heavy cream, to make the soup even creamier? But it might get too runny with that much fluid—chicken stock, citrus juice, and cream. Hmm. I could always whip the cream, I thought, but whipped cream in avocado soup sounds just too weird!

Then I thought about sour cream. Thick, fatty sour cream would add creaminess, thickness, and that desperately-needed tang. I also wanted to use some fresh herbs to give the soup a more elaborate flavor. If I were a friend of cilantro, I’d definitely have added that, since it’s a great match for avocado, but I can’t even bear its smell so I decided to use chopped fresh parsley instead.

Now, I didn’t have a clue as to how much of each ingredient I should use to create my soup, but after some hasty calculations, I decided to use 2 large ripe Hass avocados, 4 cups (950 ml) chicken stock, 1 cup (240 ml) full-fat sour cream (although the brand I used had only 20% fat, and I would have wanted at least 30% fat, ideally), 1/4 cup (60 ml) finely chopped fresh parsley, and some unrefined sea salt.

Also, the order in which the ingredients were to be added needed some planning. If I added the sour cream in the beginning, the soup would very likely separate. And I was pretty sure that if I let the avocado boil for long time, it would do the same.

I also wanted my soup smooth to be smooth, so I pureed the avocado in a blender with some chicken stock (this helps the blender run smoothly).

Then I heated the rest of the chicken stock in a saucepan before adding the pureed avocado and sour cream. I mixed the soup with a spoon: it was quite smooth, but I wanted to make it really velvety, so I blended it with an immersion blender until it its consistency was silky smooth.

To my (slight) disappointment, the soup was too runny. I needed to reduce the amount of chicken stock at least by 1 cup (240 ml). Plus, the parsley sprinkled on top wasn’t enough to give the soup a real flavor kick. I needed some other spice or seasoning—but which one would match well with this rich and creamy avocado soup? Last but not least: which spice would be piquant enough to cover the bland avocado taste?

It was time to do some serious experimenting! So I put a few spoonfuls of soup into small coffee cups. Then, to each cup, I added a different herb or spice.

Spice Experiments | Low-Carb, So Simple

Here’s the list of the seasonings I tried, followed by my (very personal!) rating of how I think the seasoning matched with the soup (* = inedible; ***** = incredible):

  • dill weed ***
  • basil ****
  • thyme **
  • onion powder ***
  • oregano ***
  • cumin ***
  • curry powder ****
  • cajun seasoning **
  • chipotle *****
  • marjoram ***
  • fresh garlic ****

Note that for the sake of simplicity (and affordability!) I used dried herbs instead of fresh. But by all means make your own experiments with fresh herbs, as they lend stronger, garden-fresh flavors.

As you can see, there were no disasters, but some turned out only okay. Others were good, and some were really good. After tasting so many times that all the cups were almost empty (and my stomach full!), I chose chipotle as the winner. It gave a smoky, piquant kick to the otherwise mild soup, and left me craving more even with my full stomach!

For my next experiment, I used the amounts that you can see in the recipe box. I was satisfied with both the consistency and the taste of the soup—plus, it was filling and satisfying!

When I was calculating the macros, I noticed that there is so much fat in this soup that it can safely be called a fat-bomb soup. With all of its velvety texture, piquant taste, and healthy fats, it’s a real winner!


 

4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup aka Fat Bomb Soup

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elviira
January 13, 2018
by elviira

Ingredients

  • 2 large ripe Hass avocados
  • 3 cups = 710 ml chicken stock or vegetable broth
  • 1 cup = 240 ml full-fat sour cream
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon (or to taste) chipotle
  • unrefined sea salt OR Himalayan salt, to taste

Instructions

  1. Halve the avocados. Remove the pits and discard them. Place the flesh into a blender.
  2. Blend the avocado until smooth. Add some stock to help the blending process, if necessary.
  3. In a large saucepan, bring the rest of the stock to a boil, then remove from the heat.
  4. Add the avocado mash, sour cream, and chipotle. Mix well with a spoon until smooth. If there are lumps, use an immersion blender or regular blender to blend the soup until very smooth.
  5. Heat again until hot, but don't let it boil (this is very important! If the mixture boils, it might separate).
  6. Season with salt if desired.
  7. Divide the soup into soup bowls.
  8. Serve with lemon or lime wedges and chopped fresh herbs (like parsley or cilantro) if desired.

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fat bomb,
soup
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Nutrition information Protein Fat Net carbs kcal
In total: 11.5 g 116.6 g 9.0 g 1154 kcal
Per serving if 4 servings in total: 2.9 g 29.2 g 2.3 g 288 kcal

 
4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup aka Fat Bomb Soup | Low-Carb, So Simple

Tips for variation

As you can see, lots of different herbs and spices go well with this soup. Use your favorite ones, or get creative and do your own experiments.

For a keto paleo or keto vegan lifestyle, you can omit the sour cream and use 1 cup (240 ml) coconut cream (as thick as you can find, but without food additives) and 2-4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice from organic lemons. Naturally, for a keto vegan version, you should use vegetable broth instead of chicken stock.

To make the soup even heartier, top each serving with cooked shrimp, feta cheese, or cooked and cubed chicken right before serving.

4-Ingredient Avocado Chipotle Soup aka Fat Bomb Soup | Low-Carb, So Simple

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Comments

  1. Theresa

    April 25, 2021 at 19:27

    I used dill for my spice. It was surprisingly good. I will add this to my regular recipes. Thank you

    Reply
    • elviira

      April 25, 2021 at 19:46

      Hi Theresa, awesome! Great to hear you like the recipe and dill sounds like a wonderful addition!

      Reply
  2. Carolynn Peters

    October 27, 2020 at 13:52

    Thank you, Thank you!
    This is such a great soup. I live in Belgrade ,Serbia and we have a product where peppers are in sour cream. (the google translate calls it “angry chop”), but really it just means they are finely chopped and irregular. Adding this made your delicious soup even easier!

    Reply
    • elviira

      October 27, 2020 at 17:52

      Hi Carolynn, that’s awesome to hear!

      Reply
  3. Tim

    January 10, 2019 at 23:05

    Can you freeze and reheat a soup like this? Great recipe.

    Reply
    • elviira

      January 10, 2019 at 23:40

      Thanks! Should be okay if you don’t let it boil while reheating as it might separate.

      Reply
  4. Tammy

    November 13, 2018 at 19:29

    I just stumbled over your site and I’m loving everything about it! I can’t wait to give the soup a try!

    Reply
    • elviira

      November 13, 2018 at 20:34

      Hi Tammy! So great to hear you like my site 🙂

      Reply
  5. Johanna Alley

    August 20, 2018 at 23:36

    Anybody tried freezing the leftover soup?

    Reply
  6. Anu

    May 15, 2018 at 15:30

    This was SO good! I halved the recipe and had the double portion as a one-dish weeknight dinner, and it absolutely hit the spot. So quick to prepare, and so satisfying, no sides needed! I did add the optional parsley and a few squeezes of lime, and that added a wonderful freshness to the soup. This is an absolute winner and definitely something I will make often, thank you so much!

    Reply
    • elviira

      May 15, 2018 at 16:35

      Hi Anu, thanks for your comment. Makes me happy you liked the soup!!

      Reply
  7. heather

    April 13, 2018 at 19:26

    Oh my, this was delicious!! I used my beloved Thai curry paste instead of chipotle and it’s so delicious. Cold or hot!

    Reply
  8. Shirley

    February 19, 2018 at 17:06

    Made it last week and LOVED it. Making it today again, but upping the chipotle. Thanks for a great recipe!

    Reply
    • elviira

      February 19, 2018 at 18:13

      Wonderful!! So great to hear you like it 🙂

      Reply
  9. Jessica

    February 5, 2018 at 18:42

    Can leftovers be stored and reheated, or will the soup turn brown?

    Reply
    • elviira

      February 5, 2018 at 20:37

      I’m a bit afraid the soup doesn’t stand reheating (at least not boiling, it might separate; maybe very careful reheating works). For me it didn’t turn brown after storing it for a couple of days in the fridge.

      Reply
  10. Chris

    January 25, 2018 at 15:17

    I am dairy free, any subs for the sour cream??

    Reply
    • elviira

      January 25, 2018 at 15:52

      In the end of the post (Tips for variation) I suggest the combo of coconut cream and lemon juice for a dairy-free version.

      Reply
  11. Becky

    January 17, 2018 at 21:48

    I recently got a bag of frozen avocado chunks. It seems like these might work well in this soup. What do you think?

    Reply
    • elviira

      January 17, 2018 at 22:06

      Yes, they should work!

      Reply

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