Lettuce soup (recipe)
| Lettuce soup (recipe) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lettuce soup |
| Ingredients | Thick slab bacon • Flour • Milk • Eggs • Leaf lettuce • Salt |
| Cooktime (in hours) | 1.5 |
| Preptime (in hours) | 0.5 |
| Totaltime (in hours) | 2 |
| Keto friendliness | Keto friendly |
| Calories | 735.6 |
| Fat | 70 |
| Protein | 21.3 |
| Carbohydrate | 4.5 |
| Fiber | 1.6 |
| Net carbohydrates | 2.9 |
| Sugar | 1.1 |
| Saturated fat | 23.2 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 173.4 |
| Sodium | 1317.5 |
| Yield | 6-8 Large Bowls |
| Reviewaggregate | |
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Lettuce soup (recipe) is a keto friendly food item with net carbohydrates of about 2-3 per serving.
Lettuce soup (recipe) details
Recipe instructions
- In a cast iron skillet (this the best but you can use any type skillet) Fry 2 lb. of bacon (to render fat, but not crisp the bacon).
- Remove bacon from skillet leaving the fat in the pan.
- Allow the fat to brown (slightly).
- For every 2 Tablespoons of browned fat rendered add 2 tablespoons of flour.
- Stirring constantly, brown flour in fat to a deep golden brown.
- Allow to cool slightly so as not to curdle the milk when added.
- Once cooled, add 1 cup of milk for ever 2 tablespoons of flour used.
- Bring to rolling boil stirring constantly.
- Add torn up lettuce and cut up bacon to the browned fat and flour mixture.
- Bring back to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
- Add eggs to mixture making sure to stir it throughout the soup.
- Reduce heat to low and continue to cook for about 1 hour (until lettuce is cooked down).
- Salt to taste.
- Serve with a crusty French bread.
Food tags
Czech, European, Very Low Carbs, Summer, Weeknight, Stove Top,
Lettuce soup (recipe) details
Time:
Prep Time in Hours and Mins:2H
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