This broth-y style Crawfish soup is great on a chilly day and offers a wonderful source of protein and is low in saturated fat!
Cold weather = soup weather.
Soup is the best comfort food on a chilly day, and my Skinny Crawfish Soup is no exception to the rule. What I love about this soup is the fact it has a thin broth-y base and not a thick chowder base. Don’t get me wrong, I live a bisque and chowder, but sometimes the simplicity of a broth-y soup just hits the spot.
Most soups (notice I said most) are a good part of our diets, but we do have to watch for added sodium, calories, carbs, and fat.
Traditional soup ingredients:
Broth – can contain lots of salt (sodium)
Butter – increases fat and calories
Cream – increase fat and calories
Lack of vegetables – offers no fiber
Salt
Rice/corn/pasta – increase carbs
How did we skinny this soup?
Use of a reduced sodium broth – decreases salt
Decreased the amount of butter – decreases calorie and fat
Use of half and half in place of cream – decreases calories and fat
Added celery and tomatoes
Decreased salt
No added rice/corn/pasta
Enjoy this yummy broth-y soup!
Skinny Crawfish Soup
1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, chopped 3 celery stalks, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped 4 tomatoes, chopped 3 cans low-sodium chicken broth 2 cups water 1 package (16 ounces) crawfish tails 1/2 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons basil, chopped 1 teaspoon hot sauce 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup half and half
Directions:
Place olive oil in large Dutch oven over medium heat.
Add onion. Cook 3-5 minutes.
Add celery and bell pepper. Cook 5-7 minutes.
Add garlic. Cook 1 minute.
Add tomatoes, chicken broth, water, and crawfish. Bring to a boil.
Add lemon juice, basil, hot sauce, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper.
Reduce to low, cook 25-30 minutes.
Stir in half and half.
Serve.
Skinny Crawfish Soup
Recipe Type: Soup
Author: Shelly Marie Redmond, MS, RD, LDN
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 8
This broth-y style Crawfish soup is great on a chilly day and offers a wonderful source of protein and is low in saturated fat!
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
4 tomatoes, chopped
3 cans low-sodium chicken broth
2 cups water
1 package (16 ounces) crawfish tails
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons basil, chopped
1 teaspoon hot sauce
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup half and half
Instructions
Place olive oil in large Dutch oven over medium heat.
Add onion. Cook 3-5 minutes.
Add celery and bell pepper. Cook 5-7 minutes.
Add garlic. Cook 1 minute.
Add tomatoes, chicken broth, water, and crawfish. Bring to a boil.
Add lemon juice, basil, hot sauce, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper.