Keto Zuppa Toscana is a hearty and flavorful soup featuring ground Italian sausage and a variety of vegetables in a rich and creamy broth. You will love this recipe!
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If you love really good soup recipes, add this one to your must-make list!
Why You’ll Love Keto Zuppa Toscana Soup
- This soup is packed with FIVE different vegetables! Onion, garlic, red bell pepper, zucchini, and kale are all featured in this flavorful soup.
- It will keep you full for hours. With ingredients like ground Italian sausage, bacon, and heavy whipping cream, this soup has serious staying power.
- Each hearty bowl contains only 6g net carbs. This recipe is perfect for a keto or low carb diet!
Ingredients Needed to Make This Low Carb Zuppa Toscana Recipe
Ingredient quantities for this homemade keto soup are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Ground Italian sausage
- Bacon
- Butter
- White onion
- Garlic
- Red bell pepper
- Zucchini
- Kale
- Chicken broth
- Heavy whipping cream
- Salt
- Pepper
How to Make Keto Zuppa Toscana {Quick Overview}
This is just a quick overview of some of the steps involved in making the low carb soup. For the recipe in detail, including exact measurements used at each step, scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
This soup is a breeze to make! Start by cooking the sausage in your soup pot.
✨ TIP: You can use mild or hot ground Italian sausage depending on your flavor preferences. (I don’t love a lot of heat, so I use mild.)
When it’s done, transfer it with a slotted spoon to a large bowl.
In the sausage grease, cook the bacon. Transfer the cooked bacon to a small plate.
Drain any remaining fat from the pot and add butter. Saute onions until translucent, then add garlic, red peppers, and zucchini and saute for 4 minutes.
✨ TIP: Although butter adds a great flavor to this soup, if you would prefer to skip the butter and saute the vegetables in the sausage/bacon grease, go for it!
Add chicken broth, heavy whipping cream, salt, pepper, cooked Italian sausage, and kale.
Bring the mixture to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes, until the kale is tender and the soup is heated through.
Remove the soup pot from the heat. Crumble the bacon and either stir it into the soup or use it to garnish individual servings. (In the photos in this post, I stirred it into the soup.)
✨ This soup is hearty enough to be served on its own, or you can pair it with Buttery Keto Garlic Bread, Lazy Keto Garlic Bread, or Oven-Roasted Vegetables.
More Keto Italian Recipes
Want to make another low carb Italian recipe (or three)? These ideas are home runs!
- Make chicken parmesan in a casserole dish with this easy-to-assemble recipe!
- Enjoy this alfredo soup with chicken in this innovative soup recipe that you will love.
- When you make this easy low carb chicken alfredo casserole, you’ll be left wondering why you didn’t start eating low carb years ago!
- Indulge in these mouthwatering low carb meatballs that are both gluten-free and sugar-free. They’re irresistibly delicious and will disappear fast.
- In a hurry? Make a this 5-ingredient Italian sausage-style meatball casserole that is sure to please any friends and family!
- A perfect side dish to serve with your Zuppa Toscana, low carb garlic bread always delivers.
Nutrition Facts for This Easy Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
Per serving (8 total servings):
- 541 calories
- 49g fat
- 17g protein
- 6g net carbs
More Keto Soup and Chili Recipes
People who like Zuppa Toscana also make some of these keto soup and chili recipes:
- When it comes to delicious soups and chilis, it’s difficult to top classic homemade chili.
- What could possibly compete with classic chili? White chicken chili, of course! It has a similarly creamy texture to Zuppa Toscana and a bit more kick.
- Make this low carb cheeseburger soup that your entire family will enjoy. You can’t go wrong with any dish modeled after a burger! 🍔
- By tweaking the original recipe a bit, this low carb chicken enchilada soup is creamy, cheesy, and delicious.
- Keto mushroom soup is a must-make for mushroom lovers. 🍄 Ground turkey and Parmesan cheese help bulk up the soup and provide staying power.
- Add hamburger to this beef and cabbage soup to make the cabbage taste amazing!
- Enjoy this low carb chicken noodle using a secret low-carb noodle substitute.
- By substituting heavy-carb vegetables with lower-carb vegetables, you can enjoy this easy low carb vegetable soup with a whopping eight different vegetables.
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Keto Zuppa Toscana Soup
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, saute Italian sausage until cooked through. Remove the cooked sausage with a slotted spoon and set it aside in a large bowl.
- In the remaining sausage grease, cook the bacon. When it’s done, set aside on a plate.
- Drain the remaining fat out of the pot (see notes), then add butter and onions. Saute until the onions are translucent.
- Add minced garlic, chopped red pepper, and chopped zucchini and saute for 4 minutes.
- Add chicken broth, heavy whipping cream, salt, pepper, cooked Italian sausage, and kale. Bring the mixture to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes, until the kale is tender and the soup is heated through.
- Remove the soup pot from the heat. Crumble the bacon and either stir it into the soup or use it to garnish individual servings.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
- Although butter adds a great flavor to this soup, if you would prefer to skip the butter and saute the vegetables in the sausage/bacon grease, go for it!
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition facts are included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed. If applicable, sugar alcohols have already been removed from the total carb count.
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