Thick and Creamy Cauliflower Soup is a delicious, healthy low carb substitute for potato soup!
Blended with cream and served with crispy bacon, chives and shredded cheese, our Cauliflower Soup recipe is perfect for meal prep and reheats beautifully. Skip the bacon and make it vegetarian!
CAULIFLOWER SOUP
The BEST flavours are created when roasting your cauliflower rather than boiling it. Nothing beats the caramelized edges and buttery, nutty flavours you get from roasting the cauliflower together with onions and garlic to make the best cauliflower soup recipe!
Vegetarian, low carb, Keto and IRRESISTIBLE!
HOW DO YOU MAKE EASY CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP
When reading Roasted Cauliflower Soup you may be thinking, ‘why not just boil it?’ Why not make it easier? The truth is cauliflower is pretty bland and begs for flavour.
You can flavour a boiled cauliflower soup with as many seasonings as you have, but it doesn’t come close to the flavours that are naturally baked into roasted cauliflower.
To add to those delicious flavours, you’re going to mix cauliflower florets with smashed whole garlic cloves and sliced onion; drizzle over some olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
HERBS
For added flavour, you can add herbs like thyme, rosemary or parsley.
Roast, mixing half way through cooking time to blend all of the flavours together, until the cauliflower changes colour to a light brown with caramelized golden edges. It can take between 25-30 minutes all up. The onions and garlic get caramelized in the process, adding more flavour to your cauliflower soup.
Colour = flavour.
The cauliflower, onions and garlic are boiled in chicken stock (or broth) with herbs of your choice to release all of their flavours into the liquid. Don’t skip this part. The cauliflower becomes so tender in this process, turning the soup into a delicious golden colour, while the flavours marry into each other.
Blend with either an immersion blender or puree in a blender (be careful of escaping steam).
HOW DO YOU THICKEN UP CAULIFLOWER SOUP?
This cauliflower soup has the perfect liquid to cauliflower ratio and doesn’t need any thickening agents. If you like EXTRA THICK soup, only add 4 cups of stock instead of 5 when boiling. We find 5 to be perfect to suit our taste.
Having said that, if you find for some reason your soup has turned out too thin, feel free to use a cornstarch slurry (1 part cornstarch to 2 parts liquid) to thicken it up.
SPICES TO ADD TO CAULIFLOWER SOUP
I find that you don’t need to add extra flavour to roasted cauliflower soup from here. Just salt and pepper is enough. For a kick of heat, you can add in cayenne pepper, chili powder or hot sauce. Curry powder or paste also works really well.
Luxurious and healthy CREAMY Cauliflower Soup that happens to be guilt free and a family favourite? YES!
HOW TO STORE CAULIFLOWER SOUP
- Store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
- Freeze in airtight containers for up to 3 months. Thaw before reheating.
LOOKING FOR MORE CAULIFLOWER RECIPES? TRY THESE!
Buttery Mashed Cauliflower
Cauliflower Fried Rice (LOW CARB)
Cauliflower Hash Brown Egg Cups (Low Carb + Gluten Free)
Cauliflower Soup (Low Carb Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 large cauliflower about 2 pounds or 1 kilo, cut into florets
- 1 large onion sliced or chopped
- 6 cloves garlic smashed with the back of a knife or minced
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 cups chicken stock or broth, substitute with vegetable stock
- 2 teaspoons fresh parsley chopped, or thyme or rosemary
- ½ cup heavy cream or thickened cream
- 2 tablespoons chives or green onions, finely chopped
- ½ cup diced bacon pre-cooked to serve
- ¼ cup shredded cheese cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, parmesan, gruyere
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
- Lightly grease a large rimmed baking sheet. Combine cauliflower, onion and garlic on the baking sheet. Season with a generous amount of salt and pepper. Toss with olive oil until evenly coated in oil.
- Arrange in a single layer. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Toss the cauliflower through the onions and garlic, then return to the oven and bake for a further 10-15 minutes until the cauliflower is caramelized on the edges and fork-tender.
- Transfer cauliflower to a pot. Add stock* and herbs. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Cook, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes to let the flavours blend.
- When cauliflower is soft, remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Carefully transfer the soup to a blender, working in batches if necessary, taking care to let the steam escape (cover escaping steam with a kitchen towel).Alternatively, purée with an immersion blender.
- Add the cream and blend until smooth. Taste test and add extra salt and pepper seasoning, if needed, then blend again.**
- To serve, top bowls of soup with cooked bacon, shredded cheese and chopped chives or green onion.
Rebecca says
Delicious and easy to make.
Great tip about roasting the veggie, flavour was fab!
Gail says
Really delicious soup and easy to make. Thank you for sharing.
Hina says
Hi,
Tried this today as am trying to increase veggie intake in diet and ‘cauliflower’ happens to be one that i find myself unable to eat directly even if roasted. This gives me a nice alternative. Good recipe, turned out really well. thank you for sharing.
Rupen Rao says
Excellent recipe. I would just reduce the amount of thyme by half, for me. Thank you for sharing. I had a French cauliflower recipe that I used to make for years, and this recipe is better than that.
Chantal Costello says
I made this today. It didn’t turn out when I roasted it in the oven. I did everything according to the recipie. The onions and garlic burned and the cauliflower was burnt on the side that was laying on the pan.
I had to use another cauliflower and onions and garlic. I softened the onion and garlic in a pan with olive oil and I boiled my cauliflower in the stock. Added the onion and garlic the used my emulsifier to cream it up together. It’s not done yet.
But I will let you know how it turned out.
How did you roast the vegetables without burning them?
Robin says
Maybe your oven was too high?
Jennifer says
We made this last night and it was really good!
Lillian Jean Smith says
this cauliflower soup was one of the best soups I have ever eaten and definitely the best cauliflower soup according to my husband. Cannot wait to do this one again this coming week. Such an easy recipe.
Linda H. says
That was delish…I’m stuffed after I lge. Bowl. Will be making again. Only thing I did wrong…I reversed the proportions of fresh to dried herbs…..but swirled out the oversite,
Thank you.
Merja says
OMG how delicious and smooth soup! Today it´s -20C here so this really warms you up! And the smooth roasted taste of garlic <3 Thank you, will definitely be making this again!
Larry says
Could you use cauli rice instead of florets or would it not turn out the same?
Cara Robinette says
OMG!!! OOO!…MMM!…GGG! I just discovered the “Servings” slide bar that automatically adjusts the recipe for more or less portions. Boys and girls, can you say GENIUS?!?! Oh, and I can’t wait to make this soup. It looks delicious!