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Paleo Clam Chowder With Cauliflower Cream – A Healthy, Hearty Soup!

April 10, 2015 by Denise 12 Comments

This is a Paleo Clam chowder using a cauliflower cream sauce instead of flour to thicken it and also sunchokes instead of potatoes.

You might also like this Paleo chicken pot pie soup too!

This is a Paleo Clam chowder using a cauliflower cream sauce instead of flour to thicken it and also sunchokes instead of potatoes.

All during lent I was craving a New England style clam chowder. Of course I didn’t get around to making it after Easter but I’ll at least have this recipe for next year. To make it Paleo, I didn’t use flour to thicken it, instead I used a cauliflower cream sauce like the one in my Paleo Chicken Pot Pie Soup. And instead of potatoes I substituted sunchokes. I saw them at my grocery store and had heard about them on Top Chef (one of my favorite shows) so I had to try them. 

Paleo Clam Chowder Soup

What Is A Sun Choke?

Sunchokes (or Jerusalem artichokes) are a root vegetable that tastes like a potato to me. They are a good source of prebiotics. Most of the carbs in sunchokes are in the form of inulin that provide a source of food for the good bacteria in your body.

 

But I bought them because they were on Top Chef….and because they taste like potatoes. 😉 As you look at the blue plate above, the sunchokes are between the celery and the carrots on the bottom. They look a lot like a knob of ginger. You can eat them raw or cooked and you don’t have to peel them, very much like a potato. I’ve also made chips with them! 

Paleo Clam Chowder Soup

Paleo Clam Chowder Recipe

The first thing you want to do is brown your bacon in a stock pot. Once the bacon is done, take it out but kept the grease so you can saute your vegetables and garlic. Once they start to soften, you can add your broth and clams.

These are the clams that I bought at Trader Joes. Unfortunately I didn’t realize they were whole until I dumped them in the pot. I am not a huge clam fan and only like them in little bitty pieces so I had to fish them out and chop them. So unless you like them whole, I would buy chopped clams. However if you are a clam lover, these were quite nicely sized.

PPCauliflower

Let the soup simmer while you make your cauliflower cream sauce.  Here is a photo from my Paleo chicken pot pie soup recipe. It’s so creamy and tasty on it’s own. I need to try more recipes with cream sauces and use this cauliflower recipe.

How To Make The Cauliflower Cream

Anyway to make the sauce you cut your cauliflower into florets and put in a pot. Add enough water to almost cover the florets. Cover and cook until the cauliflower is tender. Drain and reserve 1 cup of the liquid. Add the cauliflower and reserved liquid to a high speed blender along with olive oil, nutritional yeast, garlic, sage and thyme. Blend until smooth and creamy.

Paleo Clam Chowder Soup

Check to see if the carrot and sunchokes and fork tender and if they are, add in the cauliflower cream. You can use the reserved bacon as a garnish or add it back in the pot. Mix well and let cook for a few minutes and it’s ready to serve.

This is a Paleo Clam chowder using a cauliflower cream sauce instead of flour to thicken it and also sunchokes instead of potatoes.

I hope you enjoy the Paleo-ized version of New England Clam Chowder and let me know if you have any questions or comments. The nutritional information for 1 serving:

166 cals / 6.7g fat / 11.9g carbs / 2.5g fiber / 14.6g protein = 9.4g net carbs

Paleo Clam Chowder Soup
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Paleo Clam Chowder with Cauliflower Cream

This is a Paleo version of New England clam chowder. Instead of flour you use a cauliflower cream to thicken the soup and instead of potatoes, you use sunchokes or turnips.
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword cauliflower cream, clams, paleo
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 166 kcal
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 3 pieces of bacon
  • ½ cup sun chokes, chopped (use potatoes if you are not doing Paleo)
  • ½ cup onion, diced
  • 1 piece of celery, chopped
  • ½ cup carrots, diced
  • 1 large clove of garlic chopped
  • 2 cans of clams not drained, chopped
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 Tablespoon Better than Bouillon, chicken (optional but recommended)
  • 4 cups cauliflower florets
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 2 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon sage
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In a stockpot, brown your bacon and set the bacon aside for later.
  2. Using the bacon grease in pot, sauté the onions, garlic, carrots, celery and sunchokes for a few minutes.
  3. Add your broth and clams (juice and all) and simmer on medium low while you make your cauliflower sauce.
  4. In a pan add your cauliflower florets and enough water to almost cover the florets.
  5. Cover and cook until fork tender.
  6. Drain the cauliflower but reserve 1 cup of liquid.
  7. Place the cauliflower, garlic, nutritional yeast, olive oil, reserved liquid, sage and thyme ino a high speed blender and puree until smooth.
  8. Add the cauliflower sauce to the clam chowder and mix well.
  9. Add back the bacon or use as a garnish.
This is a Paleo Clam chowder using a cauliflower cream sauce instead of flour to thicken it and also sunchokes instead of potatoes.

 

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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Eric

    February 22, 2021 at 1:02 pm

    I’m on Whole30 (just started today!) and just came across this recipe. With no dairy, no grains, and no sugar, this recipe really appeals to me and I’m going to try it out. One question: is the nutritional yeast necessary for anything other than the creaminess factor?

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 22, 2021 at 2:16 pm

      Hi Eric, the nutritional yeast adds a nutty, cheesy flavor. It doesn’t do anything for creaminess, just taste. I often recommend substituting with parmesan cheese but you probably can’t have that either huh. It probably won’t effect it too much if you don’t use it. Good luck and I hope like it!

      Reply
  2. Peggy

    September 07, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    We absolutely love this… Do you think it would freeze well?

    Reply
    • Denise

      September 08, 2016 at 7:20 am

      I’m not sure to be honest Peggy. I froze many of my other cauliflower cream soups and they were fine but not this one. I don’t think there will be a problem but I can’t say for sure. Sorry about that. Let me know if you have any other questions.

      Reply
  3. Kim

    March 20, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    So, I have never left a comment about a recipe, however, this is worthy of my first one. I am new to the
    non-dairy world, and frankly, I have not been too happy about it. I eliminated it to see if it would have any effect on my weight loss efforts, and when it didn’t, I found myself unable to reintroduce it w/o incredible distress. Being a New England girl, I have REALLY missed my chowder, until now. I am blown away by this recipe. While I was cooking it, I thought there was no way it was going to taste like the chowder I once knew. Boy, was I wrong! All I can say is a huge THANK YOU!! I am now on a crusade to recreate all of my favorites!

    Reply
    • Denise

      March 20, 2016 at 6:52 pm

      Kim,
      Let me tell you that made my day. I’m so happy you liked it. I know from my own experience that the more
      you look around the internet the more and more recipes you can find to fit your dietary needs. I’ve come across
      some really crazy recipes that turned out to be delicious. So thanks again for taking the time to comment. I really
      appreciate it!

      Reply
  4. Kristen

    January 22, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    I made this last night, and it’s really good! Thanks for sharing your recipe!

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 22, 2016 at 6:10 pm

      Thanks Kristen! That was so nice of you to stop back and comment. Have a good weekend!

      Reply
  5. Annie

    September 12, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Hi,
    Is the Broth in this, Chicken Broth?

    Thanx

    Reply
    • [email protected]

      September 12, 2015 at 6:45 pm

      Thanks for bringing that to my attention Annie. Yes it is chicken broth.

      Reply
  6. Janine Halloran

    April 23, 2015 at 9:34 am

    I love clam chowder, but I’ve never seen a paleo version. Now I have to try this! Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board.

    Reply
  7. Sam @ PancakeWarriors

    April 13, 2015 at 10:42 am

    What an interesting recipe – love the use of the cauliflower!! I’ll have to try this out!

    Reply

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