Make this healthy hot avocado soup with bone broth, turmeric, and shiitake mushrooms in twenty minutes or less. Whether you’re under the weather or feeling fine, this soup is a cinch and is full of flavor. It’s creamy, delicious, and perfect for low-carb, keto, paleo, whole30, and other wellness diets.
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Easy Avocado Soup
This cozy side dish is a great way to add bone broth to your diet.
It’s a quick and easy soup recipe for when you’re sick but so good you’ll want it when you’re well. Remember this recipe next time you have low energy but need to nourish yourself.
Serve this soup with any protein, from beef and chicken to pork and fish, you can’t go wrong. I have even used it as a dressing over salad greens!
A piece of toasted Psyllium Husk Keto Bread pairs nicely on the side. Low-carb bread is just the thing you need for whipping the bowl clean.
With how easy this soup is to make, it’s my go-to when my avocados are ripe and the day is busy.
How to Make a Hot Avocado Soup
Gather the ten ingredients, and you’re halfway to making an easy avocado soup in 20 minutes or less!
Ingredients
Coconut oil – The subtle sweetness of coconut oil perfectly brings out the spices in this soup with avocado.
Mushrooms – Shiitakes are a good source of fiber, copper, vitamin D, and a whole list of other health-giving and immune-enhancing properties. (1, 2)
I chose shiitakes for this recipe because my neighbor is a shiitake grower, and also for their strong, earthy flavor and velvety, meaty texture.
Additionally, they unleash an awesome smell when you sauté them. If you can’t find shiitakes, you can substitute them with porcini, oyster, maitake, criminis, or portabellos.
Spices – Turmeric, ginger, and garlic are warming and comforting each in their own right, but together they make an unbeatable triage of flavor.
Dulse flakes – If you aren’t accustomed to adding seaweed in your diet yet, I recommend trying dulse flakes at least once!
Salt and pepper – Just a pinch for seasoning.
Bone broth – Homemade is best, so learn how to make beef bone broth on the stovetop or follow my Slow Cooker Beef Bone Broth recipe instead. Either way, it’s a nourishing liquid base for any soup. If you prefer a premade option, I suggest stocking up on a bundle of organic Kettle and Fire bone broth.
Avocado – Ripe avocados give the soup the creamy thickness that makes the recipe. It’s worth the wait to get the perfect texture of the avocado because that is when they taste the best. You want the avocado to be just slightly soft beneath your fingertips. Too mushy isn’t good! Avocados at peak ripeness have a bright, nutty flavor that may make you go avocontrol.
Directions
- Warm the coconut oil in a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Add the mushrooms, turmeric, ginger, and garlic to the pan. Make sure to chop up the stems and throw them in the pan first because they need an extra minute more than the caps to cook through. Stir fry for 3 minutes before sprinkling the dulse on the mushroom mixture and seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Continue cooking for up to 7 minutes more until mushrooms are soft and tender.
- Then, add broth to the pan, increase to high heat, and continue until warm.
- Next, transfer the broth mushroom mixture to a blender, add the avocado, and blend until smooth. Blend in a high-speed blender like a Vitamix or a regular blender. It doesn’t need a lot of power, so whatever you have will do. In a pinch, you could also employ an impression blender to do the job.
- Serve warm with extra cracked pepper for garnish.
Creamy Avocado Soup Tips and FAQ
If you’re new to low-carb meal prep or don’t have much experience with easy soup recipes, you might be asking these common queries. Let me help!
Freeze leftover avocado soup in freezer-safe containers for up to 3 months. Then, thaw in the fridge overnight and gently reheat on the stove before serving.
Avocado in soup is a great addition. Adding avocado in chunks as a garnish or blending it into the soup to make it creamy are both fine options. If you overcook the creamy avocado soup, it may turn the color brownish. Just follow the directions in the recipe card below, and you can’t mess it up!
We don’t recommend cooking avocado in soup. It’s better to cook other ingredients first and then blend the avocado into the soup just prior to serving.
Yes! Ripe avocados are ideal for this homemade soup recipe. It’s worth the wait until the avo softens and is ready. A ripe avocado gives better texture and flavor to your soup than an unripe one.
More Low-Carb Soup Recipes
- Keto Beer Cheese Soup
- Egg Drop Soup
- Keto Chicken Noodle Soup
- Spicy Brazilian Shrimp Soup
- Keto Miso Soup
Avocado Soup Recipe with Bone Broth
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ pound shiitake mushrooms
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon dulse flakes optional
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cups bone broth
- 2 whole avocado
Instructions
- Warm the coconut oil in a skillet over medium-low heat.1 tablespoon coconut oil
- Add the mushrooms, turmeric, ginger, and garlic to the pan. Make sure to chop up the stems and throw them in the pan first because they need an extra minute more than the caps to cook through.½ pound shiitake mushrooms, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon ginger powder, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- Stir fry for 3 minutes before sprinkling the dulse on the mushroom mixture and seasoning with salt and pepper. Continue cooking for up to 7 minutes more until mushrooms are soft and tender.1 tablespoon dulse flakes, ⅓ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Then, add broth to the pan, increase to high heat, and continue until warm.2 cups bone broth
- Next, transfer the broth mushroom mixture to a blender, add the avocado, and blend until smooth. Blend in a high-speed blender like a Vitamix or a regular blender. It doesn’t need a lot of power, so whatever you have will do. In a pinch, you could also employ an impression blender to do the job.2 whole avocado
- Serve warm with extra cracked pepper for garnish.
Nutrition & Macros
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More Avocado Keto Recipes
- Keto Avocado Chocolate Mousse
- Blueberry Avocado Smoothie
- Keto Green Smoothie
- Keto Avocado Chocolate Pudding
- Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
Add this recipe to your list of keto Christmas dinner recipes, it will pair well with any entree.
First published October 18, 2016.
I made this for dinner last night but used chicken broth instead of bone broth, as that’s what I had on hand, and it was perfect! Do you think it would work with other mushrooms other than shiitake? I want to make it again but don’t want to go to the store for more.
Hi Dina – thanks for trying our recipe. Yes, any mushrooms would work…shiitake just have a very rich flavor that comes through best in broth.
I love avocados! Tried this recipe of yours and I can say that I’ll be adding it to my fav comfort food recipes 🙂 The flavor of homemade bone broth is really good. 🙂
I too could put avos in almost anything 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thank you, Bianca.
I’m glad I saved this recipe. Came in handy when I couldn’t eat solids and was still on my diet, did not want to break it. I love the flavors and it did work wonders, so filling, it made me feel better.
Happy to hear we helped you with your diet needs. Thanks for the comment, Velma.
This was the perfect soup when I was under the weather. It was easy, tasty, and healthy! My husband liked it too.
This soup tastes so nourishing. It’s creamy, delicious, and the turmeric gives it a warm kick! Will totally make this again for the cold weather.
I absolutely love this avocado soup! The blend of shiitake mushrooms, avocado, turmeric, and bone broth was a delightful combination. I’m already excited to make a batch for my siblings as soon as they returns home!
Thanks for the review Janice. I’m so happy to hear you and your siblings get to enjoy meals together.
Can’t get enough of this comfy and hearty avocado soup! It is so creamy, delicious and vibrant! New addition to my go-to comfort food!
As far as healthy comfort food goes, this is a great choice! Thanks for sharing your review Sharina.
I love the shiitake mushrooms in it. Is definitely an interesting soup I was happy to try it out. Loved it!
Shiitake mushrooms are so tasty! Thanks for the review, Greta.
My mom got me into bone broth when she was visiting last and I was looking for a new way to eat it. This recipe was delightful! Rich, filling and healthy.
What a great food to learn about from your mom. Hope you can enjoy the soup together one day! Thanks for the review, Lindsey.
This sounds so good, but I have alpha-gal syndrome and I am allergic to beef. Do you think it could be made with chicken or vegetable broth?
Absolutely, Sage. Substituting beef broth for chicken or vegetable broth isn’t a problem at all and will make the recipe Alpha-gal approved.
Not only was this my first time making avocado soup but it was also my first time eating it. This soup was creamy and packed full of flavor and will be my go-to on cold nights!
It’s a tasty side dish, for sure. Thanks for the review Joshua.