BREAKING NEWS: It is going to rain FOR DAYS in Arizona.
This isn't a joke so please plan accordingly. Do not get on the road. We all know Arizonans don't know how to drive in the rain.
Arizona may be the only place in the nation where when rain is in the forecast, it is the TOP news story. "Here we are reporting live from Gilbert, Arizona where we received an astounding 1/4 inch of rain." Epic. Gotta love Arizona. We get a little giddy when it rains. All the kids run outside for a rain dance with no shirts on and teenagers post videos on social media of liquid falling from the sky.
So, since rain is in the forecast, soup is on the dinner menu. However, because my husband Dean has a strict "no soup policy in the summer", we fit in as much soup as possible in the winter. I could eat soup all year long but he believes that it belongs only in the winter and summer is for salads and burgers. He may be right but I think this Creamy Spinach Artichoke Soup can be eaten all day, every day.
When I was in high school, I discovered the best cream of spinach and artichoke soup at a local cafe called Cracker's. Since I was a huge fan of spinach artichoke dip already, the thought of eating it in a soup made me happy. It was so creamy and delicious that it soon had a massive following.
This Creamy Spinach Artichoke Soup is made by sauteing onions and garlic in butter until nice and soft. Frozen spinach is added along with spices and chicken broth. Artichokes, heavy cream, parmesan cheese and cream cheese round out the soup. How can you go wrong with that list of ingredients? Thank heavens there is spinach in there to balance it all out!
This Creamy Spinach Artichoke Soup is absolutely heavenly.
- If you want to make this Creamy Spinach Artichoke Soup keto-friendly, you can remove the flour from the recipe. The flour serves as a thickening agent but I have had numerous comments from people who say it is still utterly delicious and creamy without it! This soup will be perfect for the keto diet.
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 Onion chopped
- 4 Garlic Cloves minced (or 3/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder)
- 1 - 9- ounce pkg. Frozen Chopped Spinach may use 1/2 of pkg. if you so desire
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 3 Tablespoons Flour may delete if you want gluten-free or keto-friendly soup
- 4 cups Chicken Broth
- 1 - 14 ounce can Artichoke Hearts drained and roughly chopped
- 1- 1 1/2 cups Heavy Cream depending on how creamy you want the soup
- 1 - 8- ounce pkg. Cream Cheese
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese plus additional 1/2 cup for garnish
- In a large pot, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute for 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute longer.
- Stir in frozen spinach. Stir often and break apart using a wooden spoon. Cook for 5-7 minutes or until spinach is warmed throughout. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir in flour, stirring well to avoid any lumps.
- Pour in chicken broth and artichoke hearts. Heat for 5-10 minutes.
- Turn heat to LOW. Add heavy cream. Stir together. Add cream cheese and let melt slowly. You want it to be at a low heat to prevent curdling.
- Stir in parmesan cheese.
- Season according to taste. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese shavings.
Now, I can eat this copycat version of Cracker's cream of spinach and artichoke soup at home, cuddled in a blanket, watching rain fall from the sky in Arizona. Miracles to exist.
MELISSA - I made this for dinner tonight and WOW it was AMAZING! One of the best soups we've ever had! Michael just asked if it was from a restaurant and I proudly said "nope I made it!" This will be a new regular at our home! Seriously amazing! Thank you!
So excited about this recipe!!! I have loved this rainy weather and wearing coats and all of this Arizona (barely) winter stuff.
How much fresh spinach could I use? Sounds yummy!
I use a 10oz bag of fresh spinach.
I’m on a keto diet. I can have everything in this recipe except the 3 tablespoons of flour. Will it still turn out ok if I don’t use it?
I'm doing a similar plan as keto and will probably just add xanthan gum to help thicken it. I assume that is the purpose of the flour in this recipe and I'm sure the xanthan gum will work just as well!
Hi I'm doing keto as well. Made this tonight I used almond flour to thicken the soup it was so yummy. I also added crushed pepper flakes to give it a little kick. Enjoy
What are the macro numbers for KETO? Serving size?
Love this soup
Added Italian sausage 4oz. super soup for Keto diet. Thanks
Breakdown from Carb Manager app (w/o flour):
10 net carbs
19 total carbs
9 fiber
55 fat
19 protein
3 glycemic load
Yep. But u can also substitute with Coconut flour
I made this as a Keto recipe (just substituted for Almond flour) and it was SO yummy! And surprisingly simple, too! I will definitely be adding this to my favorites. Thank you!
I just started Keto and made this soup tonight, I skipped the flour all together and it was fabulous.
I love, love, love it.
Thank you for the Pin
Does anyone have any idea how many carbs are in a one cup serving, remember I DID NOT use the flour.
Thanks for any feedback
I love this soup although I did modify it a bit. I added sliced mushrooms, a shredded chicken breast (it didn’t need it and I’ll leave it out next time), fresh spinach instead of frozen, milk instead of heavy cream, and Gruyere cheese instead of parm. It was delicious.
Any nutrition breakdown on this? Look delicious!
Absolutely delicious! I'm doing the keto diet and made this without the flour. I bet it is that much more rich with the flour. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
Delicious!! We added some smoke sausage and it was divine!
will this freeze well?
Another great soup for the fall season!! Made this for the first time tonight and will definitely serve it again. I like soups with body but decided to leave the flour out to save on carbs. Honestly I do not miss it! Looking forward to trying some of the previously suggested variations.
This is the best soup I've ever had! Thank you for the delicious recipe. I also omitted the flour and it was still fantastic.
This soup was FANTASTIC. Best soup I've ever made, keto or not 🙂 Thank you so much!
This soup is amazing! I made it in a crockpot for my coworkers, and everyone loved it!
How do you modify to cook in a crock pot?
Can I use fresh spinach ? How would I prepare the spinach?
I add a 10oz bag of fresh spinach in place of the frozen spinach. I add a few handfuls at a time until it all cooks down. It usually takes 5-7 minutes.
Love this recipe! Easy and delicious, will definitely be making this soup multiple times this winter!
Love to hear it! Thank you, Brittany, for trying the recipe. I appreciate it!
I subbed almond flour and added red pepper flakes, extra garlic, cayenne, and a package of cooked cauliflower rice for even more vegetables. DELICIOUS!
Omg! I love this soup. So easy. I may add some shredded chicken breast next time, but perfect as is. I'm keto so did not add the flour.
This was the best soup ive ever had and was so simple to make! Doing keto and really wanted something creamy and that fekt like cheating lol this was perfect!!!!!!
My husband has been a cook for years and never was a soup person. He said this was a 10! It was my whole family enjoyed this very much. This is for sure a keeper!
Made this last night in my cast iron dutch oven - so delicious. I subbed the flour for coconut flour because I'm doing Keto and it worked perfectly. I also boiled two chicken breasts and shredded them and added them to the soup for the last ~5 minutes. Best soup recipe I've made!
***MACROS***
If you follow the recipe as written (minus the flour):
70% Fat
20% Protein
10% Net Carbs
6 Servings (per/ea):
42.5g fat
11.5g protein
6g net carbs
So delicious, and perfect keto macros! I'm so glad my friend shared this with me, and thank you for posting. <3
I know there are 6 servings but do you remember what the serving size measured was? Im trying to plan for freezing some and need to make sure I have plenty of the correct size containers! 😉
Oy My God! Made this soup today as I have been on a spinach and artichoke kick (love the dip, recently made a quiche like it). This is THE. BEST. SOUP. I have ever tasted! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Are these artichokes in water or marinated?
I love this soup! I've made it a few times and it has always been a favorite of everyone's. I forgot to add the flour the first time, so I've keep it out. Great recipe! Thank you for sharing!
Followed recipe exactly, without flour.
As is: it should be called cream cheese and artichoke soup. It's practically a dip cold. The cream cheese seriously needs to be halved.
So I reheated by adding milk, butter, broth and spinach and it THEN it tasted right. Great, actually.
Depending on how much I want to make, next time I'll use less cream cheese or just add more of everything else.
This soup was so easy to make, sautee'd the butter with garlic and red onion, then added frozen spinach. Combined in crockpot with all remaining ingredients except heavy cream. Cooked for 3hrs on high,removed from crockpot and added 1c. of heavy. Perfect, very yummy!!
This creamy spinach artichoke soup recipe looks so amazing and yummy at the same time. Found your post so easy to follow along when preparing them yesterday. So mesmerized by this. Thanks for sharing!
Omitted the flour. Absolutely delicious - THANK YOU!!
I added 32 oz bag of frozen cubed hash brown potatoes & a little more chicken broth & I was like ‘wow’. Also substituted one can of cream of chicken soup instead of flour. Jalapeño jack cheese would be good also.
Can this soup be frozen?
This is the best soup I've ever had. I substituted 2 tsp of coconut flour instead of the regular flour because I'm doing Keto. It's even better the next day. I think I said "Mmmm" with every bite I took. Haha
This soup is fabulous! I lightened it up slightly by using 1/2c light cream, 1/2c almond milk, and lower fat cream cheese. It was easy to make, reheats great, and I’m already planning when to make it again even though I’m still eating my first batch of it.
Can anyone give me the nutritional value for this recipe please? I did substitute glucomannen as the thickening agent. Perfect! I make it for lunches but my family finishes it before I can take it!
If you scroll up to January 2019 the nutritional values are all there
I just made this soup for brunch, and it was so delicious! Definitely my new favorite soup, and I'll be making it again. I left out the flour to make it keto-friendly, and the resulting somewhat-thinness of the soup did not bother me; I enjoyed it. I'm going to add a smoked sausage link to the next cup I have, and this would also have to be equally as delicious with some rotisserie chicken.
Would this recipe work if it was blended smooth instead of chunky? Thanks so much for your site
I have never rated a recipe before but I am savoring this one. I did have to adjust some items to make it a low FODMAP recipe and I used Green Valley products because I am lactose intolerant.
So glad I found this! My nine year old daughter wants me to make it again.
Thank You!
Anyone know if I can change My leftovers into a dip?
Instead of four, substitute a teaspoon of xanthan gum and make a slurry to thicken and make it keto. I had some leftover cooked cauliflower that I threw in and several moose sausage links that were on the dry side. I hat to waist food. It was delicious!!! And very filling!
My husband LOVED this recipe so much. He gave it a 10/10 and wants it for leftovers, this man NEVER eats leftovers! Thank you Melissa! This recipe is so easy to do, we added sausage into the mix, paired it with French bread, and it was just perfect. Will definitely be making this again especially since we're starting to cool off here in AZ.
Has anyone tried it with vegetable broth instead of chicken broth to make it vegetarian?
Potentially best soup of all time! I added pre-cooked shredded chicken to it at the very end to make more of a complete meal. Absolute perfection!
Added more spinach because I love spinach and also added mushrooms. All fine on keto. Did not use flor jus increased cream and Parmesan. Wonderful soup and filling!
I added shredded chicken and it was delicious! Do you have the breakdown of calories, fat, cholesterol, carbs, etc?