Keto French Onion Soup

This keto French onion soup is comfort food in a bowl! The depth of flavors in this soup is amazing. Enjoy!

I’m so excited to share this keto French onion soup recipe with you! We combine a variety of onions with an awesomely rich and flavorful broth to create a great soup. Then we top it with keto English muffins and lots of smoked gouda soup to take this soup to the next level. I hope you’ll enjoy this comfort food soup as much as we do!

Let’s talk about our onions!

I used a fun variety of onions for my soup. You can choose any variety you’d like or can even use all yellow onions if you’d prefer. For mine, I used a couple of yellow onions, a couple of white onions, one red onion, and a couple of shallots. Since this combination worked so great, I’ll likely always make this soup with a similar ratio of onions. I especially like the addition of shallots to this soup. They add a mild and somewhat sweet aspect to our dish. I prefer to thinly slice my onions for this soup. An important step for this soup is then to caramelize the onions. To do this, we slowly saute the onions with some butter, olive oil, and keto sugar. Yum!

How do you keep this keto French onion soup low carb?

One cup of onions contains approximately 12 net grams of carbs. Does this mean you have to completely remove them from your food choices? Nope! I limit the amount of onions I add to my foods, but don’t eliminate them entirely. For this soup, we do carefully control how many onions we use; but we make up for it by adding many other incredible and flavorful elements! First, we make an amazingly rich broth which really makes this soup extra special! We then top our soup with keto English muffins. This gives our soup a traditional bread element while adding very few carbs to it. I specifically chose to use smoked gouda for this soup as it adds amazing flavor and complements the other ingredients perfectly.

Let’s talk about the toppings for our keto French onion soup!

Our first topping for this soup is keto English muffins. You can use these or substitute with your favorite keto bread if you’d prefer. I used 90 second keto English muffins because they are incredibly quick and easy to make and work perfectly for this soup. I use only egg whites for my muffins, so they don’t have an “eggy” taste.😊One key step for these muffins you won’t want to skip is to cut them in half and toast them until brown. Our second topping is a good amount of shredded smoked gouda cheese. If you’d like, you can substitute any good melting cheese in place of the gouda. I highly recommend buying a block of cheese and grating it since pre-shredded cheeses add ingredients such as cellulose powder and potato starch. Freshly shredded cheese also tastes and melts so much better!

Need some more keto soup recipes? Here are some of our favorites!

Creamy Keto Chicken and Rice Soup

Keto Ham and Cabbage Soup

Keto Roasted Poblano Tomato Basil Soup

Low Carb Keto Unstuffed Cabbage Soup

Helpful Hints:

*If you don’t want to use red wine, you can substitute with beef broth.

*Any good melting cheese can be used in place of the smoked gouda if you’d prefer.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Large stockpot
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring cups

Splash of Encouragement:

***And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9***